Archive for December, 2009
Three Vassar Girls Abroad
While I was doing research for a seminar paper a few weeks ago, I came across an 1880s girls’ fiction series that depicts the adventures of “three Vassar girls” as they explore the intellectual delights of Europe, South America, and beyond. I’ve only just begun the first book, Three Vassar Girls Abroad, and it’s just [...]
Strange Horizons Ahoy
To my great delight, the lovely folks at Strange Horizons have brought me on as a first reader for their very fine magazine. I’ve been reading the magazine on and off for years, and I’m really looking forward to the first batch of story submissions, which drops January 1.
Slush reading is one of those tasks [...]Zoot the Cat and His Miracle Kidneys of Power
I’ve been meaning to write this up for quite awhile as another data point for people whose cats are sick, and I’m sure that my desire to concentrate on our veterinary success story while we’re waiting (and waiting) to find out my mother’s cancer prognosis is a pretty obvious case of transference, but it’s good [...]
Family update
My mom got to have Christmas at home after spending three days in the ICU. Lab results from the biopsy conflicted with the surgeon’s diagnosis of thymoma, so a specialist team from an oncology lab looked at the results, but we don’t know their findings yet. Tomorrow, she sees her oncologist proper for the first [...]
Then You Get a Biopsy
This post is personal—as personal as it gets. For the next weeks and months, I will be writing periodically about my mother’s experience with a cancer diagnosis. I won’t be going into a lot of medical detail, but I certainly understand if most of you—colleagues, friends, family members, and strangers—want to skip this stuff. We’re [...]
