To write or to have written?
In truth, I skim uplifting forwards in my email, and only if I have time. But today, one of the messages resonated and I want to share a piece of advice: Give up the past. I know, I know. It’s hard. Especially when the past looks so much better than the present and...
Happy Mothers’ Day
It's been so long since I wrote on this blog that I forgot my password. I have been moving - renovating, painting, packing, buying light fixtures and crown mouldings. But in the midst of this all, a beautiful bouquet of Mother's Day flowers and a lovely walk in the...
Sharing our stories
Once our stories leave us, they have a life of their own. Your story will touch many lives: give voice to some who may have felt voiceless, and remind others that they are not alone. The best part is when the storyteller herself is given the gift of hearing from...
Her Story
We talked about reinvention, and revision. About a different ending, and about how sometimes, when you don't know who this voice in your head is, all you have to do is ask. We discussed picking a cold place for a story, going to Paris, and passing: passing up,...
Here I come, Baltimore
The DC Examiner wraps up a series on all the International Women's History Month panelists today with a short article on me. If you can't make it, check out the series to see what you are missing. Thank you, Wendy Coakley-Thompson! Rizzuto is passionate about the...
Information on Fukushima
Here are the links and sources for some of the statements I made in my last two articles on the Fukushima disaster. You can find the articles on the Progressive Media Project and The Huffington Post. 1. White House Press Release about the bombing of Hiroshima. 2....
Coming to Baltimore
Looking forward to talking about women's history this Saturday - the history of family, love, loss, death, community, and not the machinations of conquering countries. For more information, here's a lovely preview in the Baltimore Times. “Hiroshima in the...
Transformation – from life to memoir
At our last residency for the Goddard MFA in Creative Writing in Vermont, we had three amazing and successful alumni return to talk to our current students. Mary Johnson, author of An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Teresa in Search of Love, Service, and an...
International Women’s History Month Literary Festival
Looking forward to a March 10th discussion in Baltimore on "the intersection of place, time and culture in literature and in the lives of women" with four amazing women: Leila Cobo, a Fulbright scholar from Cali, Colombia, novelist, pianist, TV host, and executive...
A Conversation with Sixers Review
Appearing in Sixers Review today, a brief conversation with Goddard MFA graduate, Shokry Eldaly, who will someday be a literary marvel himself when he gets that half-finished novel done. Here is a sneak peek: "Are you asking what you do when you are asked to conform?...