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Fall/Winter News 2016

October 25, 2016 by Rita Gardner Leave a Comment

Book cover: The Body Keeps the Score

Fall is upon us, that bittersweet season where the earth takes a breather, goes fallow, and directs us to look inwards. It invites us to express gratitude for all we have been given. This year I am especially thankful for an unexpected family connection and visit – a gift I’ll cherish forever. On the literary […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: anthology, book collections, book events, Book Passage, inspiration, Laurel Books, memoir, personal story, prize, publishing, Spain, The Coconut Latitudes, The Magic of Memoir, travel writing, Wandering in Andalusia, Wanderland Writers

Images from Spain – Spring 2016

May 25, 2016 by Rita Gardner Leave a Comment

Earlier this spring, I participated in a writing workshop/adventure in Spain, hosted by Wanderland Writers. In Barcelona, I fell under the spell of Antoni Gaudi’s hallucinogenic architecture. In Seville, I accidentally became part of a religious procession where drumbeats, incantations, and incense punctured the night sky. I surrendered to the ministrations of an expert masseuse in a hammam, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alhambra, Andalusia, Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, essays, fountains, inspiration, Moorish architecture, Seville, Spain, travel writing, Wanderland Writers

Coconut Latitudes

Coconut Latitudes
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Rita on NPR Radio

Two exciting segments from The Coconut Latitudes read by Rita Gardner.

"Night of the Hurricane"

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"Drums of Spring"

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