Click here to read Miranda Kennedy's article "In Dialogue with Dogma: Women Doing Battle with Religion." 

Hey, I just put up some pictures of the Release Party at Benchmark Books and our presentation at the 2015 Sunstone Symposium here. While not all contributors could come, we had a full 10 of the 12 contributors able to participate in some way between these two events. Given that we have contributors living in Jerusalem, Alberta, Oman, California, the DC area, Indiana, and Colorado, as well as Utah, I'd say it was a major success, and Signature Books helped fly in the out-of-state contributors for these two events.

On a personal level, I haven't seen most of these women in over a decade, so it was powerful to meet in person and reconnect after communicating digitally for so long. Together we span a spectrum of belief, circumstance, and desire, and yet to feel a deep kinship with these women despite our differences was a testament to the message of Fresh Courage Take.

I feel like I've been in a dream these last seven months, and upon waking, I find that several major projects are suddenly finished. It's a nice feeling. In January, I started my final term at Bennington with Deirdre McNamer, who really helped me solidify my ideas for my novel. Every time I talked with her, I got excited and wanted to start writing immediately. I consider that response a hallmark of a great teacher. I also began working on my graduate lecture, which dealt with the cross-section between science and literature. Andrea Barrett, whose work I admire, gave her feedback on it, which was awesome.