Author: AnnK

On May 6, Nancy Peterson’s first novel, Not to be Forgiven, received The Colorado Authors’ League’s 2014 award for adult mainstream fiction(book). The historical novel, which focuses on the home front during World War II, tells how the war impacted the Greggoroy family of Hiram’s Spring, Nebraska, which is awash in fear and hatred .Before it is over, the passions the war arouses will forever mar the lives of Sis Greggory, her soldier-brother, Danny, and Horst, a German prisoner of war.

Published by Hugo House, it is available at nancympeterson.com and wherever books are sold. See more about Nancy Peterson– and her several works of non-fiction– by clicking the Members tab above.  Congratulations, Nancy!

Denver Branch member Elizabeth “Beth” Crawford Joines passed away in 2013. a month before her 102nd birthday.  She was a prolific author of both poetry and prose, who contributed to multiple magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping.  Into her nineties, she attended Pen Women meetings, joyously sharing her hugs and ready wit.  In her nineties, Beth also presented poetry workshops for The Poetry Society of Colorado.

The Joines Family has now compiled a sizable collection of Beth’s poetry entitled A Lifetime of Poetry, available for $25 through the Joines Family Trust.  Contact lauriewolfe@comcast.net or aeklaiman@aol.com for details about the book.  In 2001, Beth wrote:

Now is a Latchstring

There is
no going back.

The tree
can never be
a sapling,
pliant,
bending to the wind–
no more than ash may
turn to flame–
and who would have it so?

Remembering
is touching
fragile cloth with fingertips.
Now is a latchstring
of tomorrow
to hold, to lift
with confidence.

Beth Joines, July 30, 1911 – June 18, 2013.  She loved knowledge of the simple and everyday, as well as the great complexity of all humankind.

Dr. Beverly Chico’s new book, Hats and Headwear Around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia, is now available from Amazon.com.  The 592-page work, available in hardcopy or as a Kindle download, features an amazing variety of the world’s hats, headcoverings, and hair decorations from Native American’s use of feathers to the headwear of Islamic women.   A Denver Branch member, Dr. Chico will present “Hair, Halos, and Hats: Women’s History Through Headwear” at our May 3rd meeting.  Meeting details on our calendar; see also Chico’s member page.

Denver Branch member Laurel Becker announces that her poetry chapbook, In The Heart of a Quiet Garden, will be published soon by Finishing Line Press. Those who would like to preorder a copy can go to the link below. Interestingly, her publisher is using preorders placed by December 28, 2012 to determine the size of the print run in February of 2013.

https://www.finishinglinepress.com/index.php?cPath=2&sort=2a&filter_id=1298

To see more about Laurel and other Denver Branch members, click on “Members” above.