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| Bernadette Joolen, Accordion and Books... Welcome to my website! This is the homemade homegrown website of one Seattle writing girl. I am a writer of adult literary fiction with 3 books currently available, both on this site, and on the independent publishing site, Lulu.com. Click on the bookcovers (right), or find out more about my beautiful books on my Storefront Page! I also have available some charming handcrafted literary cards and books, some lit journals, and some special seasonal deals on my novels. My central storefront will offer you links for all these things! Happy shopping! Write me with questions about anything!! ~bernadette... These are my currently published books: Cornelia Bloom and the Accordion Museum On Brigden Road The Boy from Boomstraat These three books, although written for an adult audience, I think would also work splendidly for intelligent YA readers, as there are themes of family, and coming-of-age that would be of interest, as well, to that age group. There is also an interesting, albeit fictional, exposure to themes of international language, history and culture. The two novels, especially, offer an interesting step out of place, out of time. It is my goal, in fact, to get these books placed in some school libraries. If you are librarian in the schools, or have some connection to one, write me! Let me tell you about my work! Bio... I am a reader, writer, walker, singer, dreamer, amateur filmmaker, accordion player. I was born in Amsterdam, spent my early schoolyears in Lawrence, Kansas, my later schoolyears in LA. I currently live in the rainy Northwest with my husband and almost-grown boy who likes to tease his mama, and plays a mean tenor saxophone. Publications... My fiction has appeared in Nimrod International Journal, Wisconsin Review, Carolina Quarterly, Crab Creek Review, and Other Voices. In 2003, I won the Charles B. Wood Award for Distinguished Writing from the lovely people at Carolina Quarterly for my story, Seven Sketches for Papa. (With the prize money, I bought my first accordion!) Here is some lovely praise for my work, from the final judge of the Charles B. Wood Award--Jerry Leath Mills, Professor of English, Emeritus, UNC-Chapel Hill: See more praise for my work in my guestbook! That story is now a central chapter in my novel, On Brigden Road. I remain grateful. It's the loveliest encouragement I've ever recieved for something that is so truly important to me. Grazie molto.~~bernadette... SUPPORT LOCAL AUTHORS, INDEPENDENT AUTHORS, INDEPENDENT ART!! *Do you know any local authors, musicians, local artists? Buy their work!! Respond to their work. Support their work. Share it with a friend. Increase the richness of your own community that way. Buy Local is a popular concept now. Guess what?! It works for art too!! *Pass the good word to a friend! If you have enjoyed one of my blogs, one of my fiction samples, or one of my books... Please pass the good word!! Post a link for any of these pages that you have liked on your Myspace or Facebook page, so others can enjoy it too! Tell your friends there is an interesting new author out there to discover! *Participate in local and literary arts events. Do you need me to come read for you?! I would love to! Just write to me at the Email address above!! *If you are a member of a bookclub, consider reading the works of local authors, especially, independent local authors. Sure, the big guys are fun! Shoot. I like'em too. Even write about'em on my blogs. But you would be surprised. What kind of work develops under the radar. The little guys are pretty fun too. Plus, we are accessible. Consider reading my books!! I would be happy to come talk to you. THE GIFT OF A GOOD BOOK... I hope you will remember this site for summer reading, fall reading, beach reading, bathtub reading, parkbench reading, fireside reading, waiting-for-the-bus reading, Christmastime, Mothers' Days, Fathers' Days, birthdays, and other holidays... As books make, truly, the loveliest gifts! My work, you will find, is beautiful, poetic, approachable, user-friendly, and full of light! Buy one of my books for yourself and a friend! Mark this site as a favorite and come again! Didn't your mama ever tell you?! Never leave the house without a good book!! You can be transported anywhere! Good wishes and good words to you!~~bernadette, 10 march 2011...<3 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS? Please write me at this address: brigdenroad@yahoo.com Put a relevant title so I can distinguish it from spam!! |
| This entry tells three stories at once--the daughter's, the father's, and the story that they share--with both differentiation and unity, with sensitivity and tact, and in a style that releases its narrative at once economically and with a richness of implication. It is a truly masterful story. |
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Backdrop. By the
window at Bauhaus, a
favorite coffeeshop on
Capitol Hill. It was a
delicious summer
reading respite for me.=)
window at Bauhaus, a
favorite coffeeshop on
Capitol Hill. It was a
delicious summer
reading respite for me.=)
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