Author Archive: When Women Waken
Letter from the Editor, Fall 2014
Dear Reader, How would you color delight? A marriage proposal, an unexpected promotion, having your book accepted for publication? Any one of those would be cause for happiness. The dictionary defines delight as, “a strong feeling of happiness: great pleasure or satisfaction.” Thankfully, our lives are filled with delightful moments. Because, although we’ve all experienced […]
Letter from the Editor, Grief
Published belatedly on August 31, 2014 Dear Readers, If you’ve read at Open Mic events you must know the pin-drop silence after a serious poem, a sharp contrast from the laughter and applause that follows funny material. The quiet response is natural – but the reward goes to humor. It makes sense that in community […]
Knowing Issue – Editor’s Note
Dear Reader, As women, we know that some of the knowledge we possess is almost exclusively unique to our gender. I believe that within every woman shines a light of knowing. Some people call it a sixth sense; others call it intuition. Instead of using the word “intuition,” some researchers suggest women are more skilled […]
Editor’s Note – Kerry Holjes
Dear Reader, As soon as we draw our first breaths, our lives are intertwined with, governed by and dependent upon a vast array of power. When I sat down to pen this letter, my mind danced through all the ways in which power controls every moment of my life. Power is an intangible that can […]
Letter from the Editor: Home
H.O.M.E. As a literary and art journal with a reach around our world, chosing the theme of home was done not to focus on the traditional role of women, but instead to focus on our roots, our identities, where we feel safe, who and where we find our community. It can also be the desk […]
Letter from the Editor: Spring
From the Editor, May 31, 2013 Our Contributors Launching a first issue, we are not proven. The women writers and artists who contributed took a chance on us, and we hope we have honored their work with the presentation. They will surely be influencing the shape of our journal (the inclusive “our”) as it continues. […]