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Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 23, 20245 min read
Game Changer: The Artist’s Way
I “worked” The Artist’s Way in 1994, a year after I moved to Connecticut. I say, “worked” not read. If you read it and do not follow the...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Sep 17, 20232 min read
Gloria Steinem Reader
Quotes from Revolution from Within: A Book of Self Esteem by Gloria Steinem True Self The point of the journey is not just the healing....
Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 3, 20231 min read
The Bernice Johnson-Reagon Reader
“If you’re in a coalition and you’re comfortable, you know it’s not a broad enough coalition.” Bernice Johnson-Reagon “There is no place...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Feb 5, 20232 min read
The Leonard Cohen Reader
Until I saw it, I didn’t know I needed to witness Leonard Cohen skipping off stage at the end of a London performance to the beat of...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 30, 20221 min read
The Gabor Maté Reader
Acclaimed Canadian physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté has worked for decades in Vancouver as a family physician, palliative care...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Recipe for a César Vallejo Poem
In 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Oct 10, 20211 min read
Level Up Your Reading with these Prompts
Kudos to the library for coming up with Summer Reading Bingo, a fun way to inspire people to read outside of their comfort zone. I’ve...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Aug 31, 202111 min read
93 Freshly Picked Quotes
◊ ◊ ◊ Yep. I never was like anybody else. Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami ◊ ◊ ◊ Comparison is the thief of almost...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Dec 27, 20205 min read
Read Widely
While browsing an old library issue of The New Yorker Magazine, an advertisement with this poem caught my eye: READ. Read widely,...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 25, 20202 min read
“She had pierced the numbing anonymity of the street, if only for a moment.”
From the young adult novel, Saturday, the Twelfth of October by Norma Fox Mazer: “On an afternoon in October, walking home from school,...
Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 19, 20202 min read
“I was born a knot like my mother and her mother before her.”
From The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter “I was born a knot like my mother and her mother before her. Picture three women with their torsos...
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