Inside the Writer’s Mind: Two Cent Revival

“The creative mind can be very coy.” – Matt Jones, Two Cent Revival Blending a strong acoustic backbone and a bit of Johnny Cash-like overtone, Brooklyn’s Two Cent Revival is simultaneously poetic and strong. Incorporating tastes of Americana and classical country, Two Cent Revival is a new project from Brazilian-born, Texas-raised singer/songwriter Matt Jones. The [...]

May 22, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Make a Difference Today: Matthew Shepard Documentary

Through a close friend, I was connected to the amazing work of Michele Josue. Michele is hard at work on a documentary about Matthew Shepard, the young man who was kidnapped, beaten and killed because he was gay in 1998. The news made worldwide headlines and captured the hearts and attention of many. More than [...]

May 16, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Interview: NBC’s Cat Greenleaf On Cause Celeb, Wise Texting and More Talk Stoop

Last week, I shared my interview with NBC’s Cat Greenleaf on Huffington Post.  Taxi riders know her by the segments shown in cabs of her down-to-earth Talk Stoop interviews with authors, musicians, celebs and other cool folks. Talk Stoop recently won an Emmy – no small feat. I consider her to be somewhat of a [...]

May 8, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Independent We Stand: How Do You Support Local Businesses?

The support of local businesses only continues to grow. This week, I posted an interview on Huffington Post with the owner of Copper Kettles, a newly launched small business in Hoboken. Friends responded, saying how inspirational it was to read the ‘story behind the story,’ recognizing that the work going into it is 100% your [...]

April 27, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Why Poetry Is Not So Scary After All

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? Years ago, when I was a full-time volunteer teacher at a Chicago homeless women’s shelter, I read Maya Angelou poems with the women every afternoon — and they were the ones that formally introduced me to her. At the end of my time, as a going-away [...]

April 20, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

The 4 Books I Read On Vacation

A few weeks ago, fabulously talented contributor Brian Atwood asked readers for their input about the books he should take on his vacation to Belize. Read on to find out what he chose, some insights about choosing books while drinking rum and a quick synopsis of each book. Brilliant. It would be disingenuous to write [...]

April 13, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

On Huffington Post: The Book of (Even More) Awesome Celebrates the Simplicity of Living Well

A year ago, I interviewed Neil Pasricha, author of The Book of Awesome (Amy Einhorn Books). The blog to book was an instant international bestseller and since our chat, Neil has been noted as the “guru of small joys” by the Toronto Star. Wired magazine called it “laugh out loud funny tinged with just enough [...]

April 8, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Book Review: Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion

This is one of those books that, when you see the title, you think you already know what you’re going to read – but you finish the book learning much more than you thought. My guess is that yesterday, today or tomorrow, you made a choice about something. Could be anything – what you ate, [...]

March 30, 2011 CONTINUE READING →
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