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Pearlsong Conversations
Archived
Conversations
Click
here to listen to or download the 53-min mp3 recording of the Jan. 15,
2012 Conversation with Mary Saracino,
author of The Singing of Swans & other books.
Mary talked with Pearlsong publisher
Peggy Elam & several teleconference participants about how she came to
write a multi-century novel rife with magical realism and feminine
spirituality. She discusses the Black Madonna, which appears in
The Singing of Swans, and Her roots in pre-Christian
traditions; Lake Pergusa, a Sicilian lake whose waters for
millennia periodically turned red and thus was associated with feminine
mysteries; and even a spiritual meaning of the focus on 2012 "end
times."
In additional to her work as a writer, Mary
teaches creative writing classes and workshops on the Divine Feminine,
which she has studied as an independent scholar for more than 30 years.
 The Singing of Swans
(available in original trade paperback & ebook from Pearlsong Press) tells
the story of Madalene Ross, a
thirty-year-old American who "lives in her head," cut off from her body,
her heart, and her sense of purpose in the world. En route to and from her
job as a computer programmer in Minneapolis, Madalene is hounded on the
downtown streets by a homeless woman who asks "Got a match?" At night
bizarre dreams haunt her sleep. Women fly through rooftops, chant in
ancient temples, paint tongues of fire on vivid white canvases.
Madalene's story is interwoven with the lives of three women: Rosalina, a
priestess of Persephone in 70 B.C.E. Sicily; Ziza, a strega
(Italian witch) in 16th century northeastern Italy, and Ibla, an herbalist
and painter in 18th century southern Italy. Sicily's Lake Pergusa and the
Black Madonna also act as a portal to the rich tradition of
pre-Christian spirituality that lies beneath Church dogma.
The Singing of Swans takes
readers on a multi-century journey to uncover long-silenced traditions,
crack Madalene's spiritual code and reclaim her soul. Elements of magical
realism dovetail with historical storytelling as this compelling tale of
redemption unfolds.
Mark your calendar for these upcoming Pearlsong
Conversations!
February 12, 2011
—
Leslie Moďse, Ph.D., author of Love is the Thread: A Knitting
Friendship. Rescheduled from December 2011.
March 2011—TBA
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What are
Pearlsong Conversations?
In
January 2009
Pearlsong Press started hosting
a series of
free teleconference calls
in which publisher
Peggy Elam, Ph.D. chats with one or more Pearlsong authors
(and possibly you!).
If time &
technology permit,
participants/callers can ask questions and join in
the conversation.
The calls usually last about an hour.
Each teleconference is recorded
and
the recording made available
for listening online or downloading
at the Pearlsong Press website.
Archived Conversations
Click on the link below to listen to
and/or download the mp3 recording
of a Pearlsong Conversation.
Body Gratitude --
Pat Ballard, Lynne Murray
& other authors
(November 2011)
Lynne Murray talks about
The Falstaff Vampire Files
& other works
(October 16, 2011)
Lauri J Owen
& the paranormal romance saga
The Embers Series
Karen Blomain talks about
The Season of Lost Children
& other writings
(August 14, 2011)
Charlie Lovett talks about
The Fat Lady Sings & other works
(July 17, 2011)
Making Literary History
through Size Diversity & Fat Activism
featuring feminist literary historian
Susan Koppelman
(June 12, 2011)
Body & Age Diversity in Literature
(Part 1) -- Lynne Murray, Leslie Moise, Linda C. Wisnewski,
Pat Ballard, Karen Blomain
& Tracey Thompson
(May 15, 2011)
Ellen Frankel talks about
her new novel Syd Arthur.
Lauri J Owen talks about
her new paranormal romance novel Fallen Embers (Book One of The
Embers Series)
Conversation with artist
Anne Richardson Williams,
author of
Unconventional Means:
The Dream Down Under
about using art & writing
to transcend traumatic experiences.
A Conversation about Summer Fiction featuring Lynne Murray, Pat
Ballard & Judy Bagshaw
(July 14, 2010)
A Conversation with Lynne Murray,
author of Bride of the Living Dead (June 9, 2010)
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