WE EVEN PUBLISH.....
In 2003 The Sitting Room began producing a small publication every Spring based on a particular theme. The Publication Party coincides with the Sitting Room Birthday Celebration, usually the first Sunday afternoon in June.
This year’s Birthday Party was a hoot as usual, with the unusual addition of a couple of Trolls on one of the cakes (see photo), paying tribute to the topic of this year’s publication, “Marriage: In Literature and in Life”. The contributions were so varied that it is difficult to pick one that is representative, but the essay reprinted below brings up some of the important changes in the so-called institution. To get a real sense of the diversity of responses to this sweet/sour topic, you would need to read the book, copies of which are, of course, available at the Sitting Room for a small donation — or you can just sit down and read it there, of course.
Publication Audience
2017 THEME: THE NEED TO READ!
or MY BLF, MY BEST LITERARY FRIEND
The deadline is passed, but you can listen to readers and buy a copy at the June 4 Sitting Room Birthday Party. Come 2-4 and celebrate.
PAST PUBLICATIONS AND HOW TO OBTAIN
This is What a Feminist Looks Like, our 2014 publication, has surprised everyone by its variety and liveliness, so much so that there has been an article on it written by Julie Lee in the Press Democrat, along with appearances on local radio. The buzz has been such that we have printed up a sort of “2nd edition” of the publication, including some material omitted inadvertently from the first printing. Order a copy.
The theme for 2013 was "When I Was a Child, I Read..." The Birthday Party, on a surprisingly cool day, sat under the redwoods and heard sixteen readers from the Sitting Room publication “When I was a child, I read...”. Here's a list of childhood books our contributors featured. We have a few copies left in the Sitting Room, if you want one.
The result is some wonderfully readable anthologies that combine well-known writers alongside people publishing for the first time on such evocative subjects as War and Peace (2003), Nature (2004), Humor (2005), and Books (2006 & 7), Spirit Matters (2008), Travel (2009), Surprise (2010) and Lost or Found (2011), and The Sitting Room: Past, Present and Future (2012), When I First Realized I Was a Feminist (2014), Marriage in Literature and Life (2016). We have some copies of the earlier publications available in the Sitting Room, if you want one.
The books are "sold" for $5 or more donation, and are given away too. Archive copies are always available for reading or purchase at The Sitting Room.
or MY BLF, MY BEST LITERARY FRIEND
The deadline is passed, but you can listen to readers and buy a copy at the June 4 Sitting Room Birthday Party. Come 2-4 and celebrate.
PAST PUBLICATIONS AND HOW TO OBTAIN
This is What a Feminist Looks Like, our 2014 publication, has surprised everyone by its variety and liveliness, so much so that there has been an article on it written by Julie Lee in the Press Democrat, along with appearances on local radio. The buzz has been such that we have printed up a sort of “2nd edition” of the publication, including some material omitted inadvertently from the first printing. Order a copy.
The theme for 2013 was "When I Was a Child, I Read..." The Birthday Party, on a surprisingly cool day, sat under the redwoods and heard sixteen readers from the Sitting Room publication “When I was a child, I read...”. Here's a list of childhood books our contributors featured. We have a few copies left in the Sitting Room, if you want one.
The result is some wonderfully readable anthologies that combine well-known writers alongside people publishing for the first time on such evocative subjects as War and Peace (2003), Nature (2004), Humor (2005), and Books (2006 & 7), Spirit Matters (2008), Travel (2009), Surprise (2010) and Lost or Found (2011), and The Sitting Room: Past, Present and Future (2012), When I First Realized I Was a Feminist (2014), Marriage in Literature and Life (2016). We have some copies of the earlier publications available in the Sitting Room, if you want one.
The books are "sold" for $5 or more donation, and are given away too. Archive copies are always available for reading or purchase at The Sitting Room.
