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I'm so happy to share my blog, started in 2008 as part of my writing practice and as way to connect directly with you! Please peruse the blog, and sign up to get the latest posts. You can also get my beautifully-produced and illustrated collection of many blog posts, Everyday Magic: Fieldnotes on the Mundane and the Miraculous through Meadowlark Press here. Thanks for being part of my everyday magic.

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

May 8, 20122 min read

Writing Life

I Love My Job: Everyday Magic, Day 547

Some of us are task-oriented, and some of us, not to mention the way much of our economy is structured, is time-oriented: having a job...

1,731 Miles, 11 Gigs, 97 Tornadoes, One Good Weather Radio & One Bad Sinus Infection: Poetry Month

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 26, 20122 min read

Poetry

1,731 Miles, 11 Gigs, 97 Tornadoes, One Good Weather Radio & One Bad Sinus Infection: Poetry Month

What happened? I’m not sure, but counting from March 24th (when poetry month started for me) and paraphrasing Woody Guthrie, I’ve been...

Where I’ve Been: Cheating On You With Another Blog: Everyday Magic, Day 533

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Apr 10, 20122 min read

Writing Life

Where I’ve Been: Cheating On You With Another Blog: Everyday Magic, Day 533

Please forgive me. I’ve been writing on another blog behind your back this week, but truly, this blog means nothing to me compared to...

How Adrienne Rich Taught Me To Be a Poet: Everyday Magic, Day 527

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 29, 20123 min read

Poetry

How Adrienne Rich Taught Me To Be a Poet: Everyday Magic, Day 527

I started writing poetry years beforehand when I was about 14, running with the usual suspects — T.S. Eliot and e.e. cummings (who were...

Final, Final, Final Edits On a Book I’ve Been Writing for 16 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 523

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Mar 22, 20122 min read

Writing Life

Final, Final, Final Edits On a Book I’ve Been Writing for 16 Years: Everyday Magic, Day 523

The lure and pressure of the final, final, final edits run in overdrive for me because of how many years I’ve been writing this novel. I...

Hunting for Blurbs: Everyday Magic, Day 479

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 10, 20122 min read

Writing Life

Hunting for Blurbs: Everyday Magic, Day 479

“Will you blurb my book?” Any writer will recognize the charge of those necessary words as we approach the famous and more-famous to ask...

What I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up: Everyday Magic, Day 468

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 28, 20112 min read

Writing Life

What I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up: Everyday Magic, Day 468

I wanted to be the lead singer in a rock’n’roll band called the Rootin’ Shootin’ Tootets. I would also play tambourine, and I had already...

Sending the Book to the Publisher for Design: Everyday Magic, Day 446

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 22, 20112 min read

Writing Life

Sending the Book to the Publisher for Design: Everyday Magic, Day 446

I just hit the “send” button on the email to my publisher, releasing into the wilds between my novel after 16 years of writing and...

How Many Poets Does It Take To Go to the End of the World, Begin Again, and Spring Poetry on Strange

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Nov 21, 20114 min read

Activism

How Many Poets Does It Take To Go to the End of the World, Begin Again, and Spring Poetry on Strange

Evidently, it takes 8 poets, which is what we had for our Southwest Kansas Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems caravan, which took us across...

Finishing Begin Again: Everyday Magic, Day 432

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Oct 28, 20112 min read

Writing Life

Finishing Begin Again: Everyday Magic, Day 432

Yesterday, the books came, marking the end of months of editing, proofreading, checking the proof, talking with designers and...

Letting Go Of My (Divorce) Girl: Everyday Magic, Day 372

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jul 21, 20112 min read

Writing Life

Letting Go Of My (Divorce) Girl: Everyday Magic, Day 372

Me a few years before I began writing this book in my head Today I finished my final revision on my novel, The Divorce Girl, which is...

The Novel is FINALLY Being Published!: Everyday Magic, Day 196

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Jan 31, 20112 min read

Growing Up

The Novel is FINALLY Being Published!: Everyday Magic, Day 196

How many years have I been writing The Divorce Girl? On paper since Forest was a creeping critter (now he’s a giant), and in my head for...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Feb 7, 20084 min read

Books

Failing

It happened again.Yesterday, the long-awaited email arrived from the agent reading my revised (as per her suggestions) novel. In short,...

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg

Dec 4, 20076 min read

Activism

Abiding Grace: A Tribute to Grace Paley

Note: Grace Paley, one of the most amazing writers and activists of our time, died in late August. I wrote this after experiencing her...

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