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SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMEN: Remarkable Objects and Stories of Strength, Ingenuity, and Vision from the National Collection

April 3, 2026
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AT LARGE by Katherine Soniat

April 2, 2026
in The Thinking Republic The winged-warrior pathologies  antiquely arranged are meant to stay.     Why blame old cartographer  for plans on water?                        Or latter-day men wh…
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FUEL FEMINIST MOVEMENTS NOW!

March 23, 2026
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TOWARD THE CLEARING

From the foreground we see the clearing as it emerges in the distance through the canvas, a lifetime away. Beyond in mist the future is alluring. Rippling water and stepping stones show the way, smooth, strategic at start, but the climb slumbers in the distance.  READ MORE

ON ART, AND FINDING A WAY HOME

I think art of any kind has to do with finding one’s way home, that is, back to oneself perhaps for the first time. Art connects heart and mind, to find the story I’m searching for.  READ MORE

To purchase the Book/CD click here – order through MALAPROPS BOOKSTORE & CAFE, or TOWARD THE CLEARING BOOK & CD from Amazon,

or email me here: jeancass@gmail.com

Published by Main Street Rag, Charlotte, North Carolina 2014  Price: &17.95   

Jean’s work has previously been published in It’s All Relative – Tales from the Tree,  in The Great Smokies Review, in Speckled Trout Review and in These Trees by Ruthie Rosauer,