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Mimetalker's Blog
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- On this blog: All words (other than identified quotations) © Sharon Nesbit-Davis, All rights reserved.
I am a blog writer at three sites: Rockford Register Star: Arts4All, The Red Tent: The Movie, & Make Peace/Build Community (Sponsored by the Baha'is of the U.S.)
You can find me on Facebook: Sharon Nesbit-Daivs, or "The Mime Writes" Logo Design by Dianaani
I work as the Education & Community Engagement Director of a Regional Arts Council which means I beg "the deciders" to fund and support the arts for everyone, not just the rich.
I am also a mime. For those that hate mimes, I understand. But you'll never find me annoying people on the street, unless I'm living there. I'm a "concert mime" ...which means you have to buy a ticket.
I've been married to my one and only since 1976. Still happy. Still in love. Two kids, six grandkids. In college I became a Baha'i (a world religion whose main theme is unity). It keeps me relatively sane in a world gone mad.
- My Perfectly Flawed Father
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- Writers & Families
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- Maya
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- My Never-Will-Do List
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- Hoarding Empathy
December 21, 2013 12:47PM
- ""I'm getting
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- "oh my dear, I have
nothing more to say about this
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- "splendid"
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- "Ha! I love that you love
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My Perfectly Flawed Father (tiny revisions with Update)
I knew my father wasn't perfect. I got spanked when I didn't deserve it and reprieved when I did. He was mild mannered with a temper that terrified. The eruptions were rare but when they happened it was ugly and he looked mean. Jesus would not have done that. So I… Read full post »
Writers & Families
One day in her kitchen, snapping peas and slicing potatoes, I told my story and she whispered hers, and never talked about it again.
It was long before she became my mother-in-law and when she didn't believe that could happen. She shared her secret with a stranger who became… Read full post »
I never met her but we've traveled together in dreams.
It feels that way.
So much that I know if we had ever met, we'd giggle.
When people ask that old-party-game-get-to-know-you question:
"Among all the people who have ever lived, who would you invite to dinner?"
My first guest… Read full post »
My Never-Will-Do List
I don't have a bucket list. I couldn't decide how long it should be. If it was too short, I might get done too soon and that would be awkward. If it was too long, I'd feel disgruntled that I ran out of time. That's not how I want to die. … Read full post »
Hoarding Empathy
Last night I wasn't tired when I should have been because there was an ice storm and I came home early from work and instead of doing all the things that need to be done, I slept for three hours.
So at midnight I soaked in a lavender bath,… Read full post »
November Remorse
November 22, 1963
We are back from lunch and recess, still sweaty and unsettled. Mr. Terrell, the principal, walks in. Someone is in trouble. He never shows up unless someone did something. I'm pretty sure it wasn't me.
We sit down as he whispers to… Read full post »
Mom, An Intuitive Healer, & OS
My mother and I had a failure to communicate. That was the perfect line in the movie "Cool Hand Luke". It became the punch line for late night comics, and teachers trying to be hip. It was a sad, funny line and everyone who used it had their own story. For… Read full post »
The mother of the missing girl says there are no words to describe this pain. When there are no words for something, it's hard to dismiss. It demands acknowledgement. So while working on a book project, I am taking a break to write this.
Signs for the… Read full post »
The Colored Lady
This is an excerpt from the memoir I am writing...
I am wearing the chicken costume my mother made. Two brothers, and a cousin wore it, and now it's my turn. The beak is bent. The crepe paper feathers are wrinkled and brown around the edges. My mother replaced… Read full post »
About Color...
"Why do flies always buzz around me?"
I thought this might be a new joke.
She pouted, and asked, "Do they think I'm poop?"
This is my granddaughter's question on the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington. I was eleven when that happened, and watched it on our… Read full post »
Iron Poet#17 My Brave New Life...maybe
from my old one,
I bring my Chicago guy
born, raised and fled.
and I
slid together
and stuck.
so he'll come with me
he is in every dream
or created.
the two
of us
the Songbird
An Eloquent Response to the Verdict...from my son
Summer Interns, Young & Old Vaginas
My summer intern is smart. She listens, observes, and finds creative solutions to problems. She makes me appreciate my job and see it with fresh eyes. I work for a small not-for-profit arts organization. Most projects I work on alone, so there is no one to challenge, or encourage me. I… Read full post »
My Daddy's Names
I called him "Daddy" when he taught me to ride a bike, and baited my fishing hook because I heard the worm scream, and whisker-scratched me good night. I still called him Daddy when he talked about his college track days and set up the high jump in the yard. I have my mother'… Read full post »
Inter-Racial Marriage...first memories
This is a memoir (draft) piece for the book I'm working on...
I am waiting for my neighbor to come out and play. Linda yells out her window they have company, but there aren't any cars in front of her house, so she might be lying… Read full post »
Mystery Trips, Elephants, Light-Up Wands...etc.
Artsy Fartsies: husband, son, & me
Today my husband is singing in a Choir Festival at the Baha'i House of Worship in Chicago. Two hundred people from all over the country came, including my brother and his wife. They practiced for three days and they will amaze everyone, especially those who heard the first practice.
Most… Read full post »
A Shroud, Rose Water, & Love
Before I left work, I exchanged my pants for a skirt. There is no dress code for preparing a body for Baha'i burial, but for Esther, we decided to follow the Native American tradition of women wearing dresses in sacred ceremonies.There are instructions for the shroud: Cotton or silk. We chose… Read full post »
Death Realized
I've known things died since I stomped on a bee when I was three. I've buried dogs, cats, parakeets, rabbits, and bats. I've gone to the funerals of grandparents, my parents, my father-in-law, uncles, aunts, a nephew, a niece, and friends of all ages. I know about death.
But… Read full post »
Lynchings in America-An Exhibit to Remember
I was on the committee to plan the "Searching for Racial Justice"* art exhibit, and to be honest, an exhibit on lynchings wasn't what any of us had in mind. I imagined paintings of unshackled hands, or colors swirled across a canvas. Or maybe black and white photos of faces,… Read full post »
Tag-Team Writers
Today was an unexpected vacation day. A pipe burst at our office yesterday, there was a mini flood, and they shut off the water. We made it through the day while the repair men planned and prepared their attack. Today it will be too loud to hear or think. They promise… Read full post »
Fighting for Joy
I overheard a woman in the health food store tell her friend she hoped someday "joy" would become her "default" emotion. I lingered in the muscle enhancement section, which seemed out of place in a store dedicated to a natural life style. I wanted to hear… Read full post »
Beauty Confessional
"You are beautiful to me. You always have been, you always will be."
My husband told me this last Thursday. He doesn't remember telling me forty years ago he was glad that I wasn't beautiful. I didn't know how to react when he said it. He didn't… Read full post »
"Why Are They Smiling?" a six year old's question
The "Searching for Racial Justice" Art Exhibit is disturbing. During non-exhibit hours, the paintings by Suellyn Woodall are draped with black cloth. My ten year old grandson chose not to go because the paintings portray lynchings. His younger brother, chided him. "But it's your history,… Read full post »
Easter Memories by an ex-Christian (who still loves Him)
My family did not go to church on Easter Sunday. It was too crowded and my father's parking spot would not be honored by those who didn't know it was his. He might not get his pew either (second row from the back) and he did not want to to to the "Meet &… Read full post »


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Today is the 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. And that means it's also Blog For Choice Day.
This year's theme is about politics: why is it important to vote pro-choice? I looked at this question for a while and felt stumped. I vote for candidates who support reproductive health for the same reason that I vote for any issue: because I believe in it. That's clear enough. But more specifically, we need to vote pro-choice because simply being pro-choice is not enough.
Those of us who have been paying attention know perfectly well that Roe is under attack. And 2007 was a particularly interesting year. The Roberts-led Supreme Court upheld the "partial-birth abortion" ban that has no exception for a woman's health, despite its direct conflict with Roe. States have been tripping over themselves to pass "trigger laws" that would outlaw abortion immediately if Roe was overturned. State legislators have also been proposing an endless amount of misogynist bills that would restrict the right to an abortion: all out bans, "informed consent" laws that lie to women, laws requiring forced, medically unnecessary renovations to abortion clinics, laws requiring that women get permission from their fetus' fathers before having an abortion, and laws granting legal rights to fetuses, or even to fertilized eggs.
Not all of the legislation, thank god, has been passed. Too much of it has. And some we're still waiting on.
We've also faced attempts to shut down clinics, direct harassment doctors who perform abortions and outrageous abuse of the legal system. All of these attacks were politically motivated. And our elected officials were either a part of the problem or part of the solution.
We've also got the long-standing battles. There's the Hyde Amendment, which basically rendered the Roe decision irrelevant for millions of low-income women. Internationally, we've got the Global Gag Rule to contend with. And though Congress has recently tried to repeal all or parts of this unjust law that has killed innumerable women overseas, it was a fruitless endeavor. Because we have an anti-choice president.
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Tag Archives: Brandon Hatmaker
Video interview with Brandon and Jen Hatmaker about trusting God in ministry
This video interview with Brandon and Jen Hatmaker was shot last month at a Catalyst Conference event. I loved watching this interview for a number of reasons. Here's a quick list:
- Brandon and Jen are real. I'm always inspired by ministry leaders when their marriage seems normal and their commitment to each other is genuine. When I meet couples like this it makes me want to love my wife better. Know what I mean? (Like when you see that couple in their 70′s who are the first ones to arrive at church events so they can serve people together, enjoying one another's company the whole time. Those types of couples are energizing and the Hatmakers seem to be that way.)
- They talk about starting Austin New Church without pulling any punches. I've met enough church planters to know that starting a new ministry is a harrowing experience. I appreciated the Hatmaker's candid comments about going through that experience and seeing how God blessed them.
- I loved this comment from Brandon, "God can take care of the homeless guy better than I can." And this comment from Jen, "[We had] an inflated sense of importance when it came to the people we were loving and serving." It makes me think that so many of my perspectives on "serving the least" are off-base.
I've posted an excerpt from Barefoot Church here. There's also a series of video clips with Brandon available on this YouTube playlist.
Links worth Clicking: Tim Keller, Saddleback's small groups, and What it's like to serve the homeless
Here are a few interesting links to start your week…
Small Groups: Mark Howell blogs on "The Unexpected Twist in Saddleback's Exponential Growth Formula." It was interesting for me to read about how far they've come in terms of small group participation.
Easter, Prison Tattoos, Men in Pantyhose: This post from Brandon Hatmaker shares some of the stories of what it's like to do ministry for the homeless in Austin, TX. Honestly, stories like this stop me in my tracks. What if every church had systems in place to serve the homeless in their community? This quote from the post is the one that really got me:
Need is everywhere. If we can't possibly find it, we are either looking in the wrong places, or we're not really looking. And the goal can never be just the EVENT of serving the poor. The goal is the people we meet along the way. In that place we will find Jesus. He was clear that he'd be there among those on the margins.
Unofficial study guide for Keller's marriage book: A professor and theologian local to Grand Rapids, David Murray, has prepared an unofficial study guide for Tim Keller's book The Meaning of Marriage. If you've not heard of David before I highly recommend checking out the videos he's developed at Head, Heart, Hand.
Book Review: Are you on the book review website, Goodreads.com? I am and last week I found this great review of It's Personal by Brian and Amy Bloye. Here are a few lines from the review that I absolutely love:
To me, the most compelling element of this book is the fact that it is completely absent of strategy, process, and formula. Of course, there is advice on how to handle certain situations, but this book is more about the heart of the church planter and the church than it is about how to start a church that will explode. This makes the book timeless, because methods change almost daily, while principles are unchanging.
In a culture that is obsessed with quick fixes, sexy sermon series, and all-star bloggers, Brian and Amy bring us back to the refreshing and humbling reality of what Christ really intended when He established His church, and how we must go about our lives and our vocations if we are to truly be a part of that vision.
Thoughts after Exponential 2012 (or, Why I love the smell of new books)
The 2012 Exponential Conference ended last week Thursday. After catching a flight home that evening I was glad to spend Friday through Sunday hanging out with my family, doing things around the house, and relaxing.
For those of you who weren't able to attend I thought I'd share a few pics and some thoughts about this year's conference.
This picture of our booth was taken on Sunday night after we set it up. While we were unpacking the books I realized that I love the smell of new books – fresh out of the box. With each bit of packaging tape that I split, and each cardboard flap I folded back, I was continually met with the aroma of a freshly printed book. Untouched by human hands, and waiting for just the right customer to come by and pick it up.
That may sound like a weirdly romantic way of looking at setting up a conference booth, but think about it this way: Most people that work for publishers are book nerds. If we weren't, why would we have gotten into this business anyway? We care so much about books we go way beyond nerd-dom. We love the books. (Well, most of them.) They're what we do. All the emails, meetings, edits, re-edits, deadlines, and contracts are endured so that we can produce great books!
I've set up numerous conference table booths in the past, but this time it struck me that the crack-and-sniff joy of opening a new case of books as I set them up in big piles on a table is not something very many book nerds get to experience. Unless you're a retailer or a publisher you are unlikely to have an opportunity like that. So, I relished every minute.
New Kinds of Success by Brandon Hatmaker @BrandonHatmaker
"New Kinds of Success" is excerpted from Brandon Hatmaker's book Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture.
Success often comes in unlikely forms. For years I've told people going through membership classes that our church might not be for them. For years I secretly hoped that it was. So much so that if anyone were to leave our church, I would inevitably either wonder what was wrong with them, or assume they misunderstood something that was happening.
That's a pretty narrow perspective.
Can it really be a success when people leave our church? Honestly, I've had a few leave that were a pretty big relief. Again, sounds mean. But when we're in the wrong church, sometimes it makes everyone miserable. We meet, we email, we complain, we justify, and we spend countless hours investing in trying to make a fit – and they end up leaving anyway. It's always telling when someone leaves your church and it feels like a relief.
We don't like it when people leave our church. Too easily we feel as if they're leaving us. Like we weren't good enough for them. We get insecure even when it has nothing to do with us or our leadership. We need to learn to celebrate the victories more instead of just mourning the loss. When people leave, we should survey the season we had with them and learn from our time together.
Barefoot Church is part of the Exponential Series. Now through April 30 every eBook in the Exponential Series is available for only $2.99!
Getting Ready for Exponential 2012
Today's my last day in the office before heading to the Exponential Conference next week. To give you a snapshot into what being a publisher is like here's what the schedule is for our team over the next few days:
- Sunday: Fly to Orlando. Arrive in the afternoon and start setting up the Zondervan booth at First Baptist Orlando
- Monday: Pre-Conference begins and we start selling books right away, meeting church-planters, and catching up with our authors. Busy-ness begins!
- Tuesday: The conference begins. Church leaders that will be at the conference include: Wayne Cordeiro, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, Larry Osborne, Brandon Hatmaker, Hugh Halter, and lots, and lots, of others. It will be a full day of meetings, selling books, and hearing some speakers.
- Wednesday: More of the same!
- Thursday: More of the same, all morning! Then we tear down the booth (which is no small task) and head home.
All this to say, it's a busy, but fun week. If you're there be sure to come by the Zondervan booth and let us know you read Engaging Church. I'd love to meet you face-to-face.
Others are blogging about Exponential too. Here's the links to their posts:
- Brandon Hatmaker – "Three Reason's I'm Excited about Exponential"
- Scott Thomas – see his Facebook group for Gospel Coach for info on what he's got going on
- Jack Magruder – Jack is the author of our forthcoming book "Missional Moves." He's got a lot of content on his blog about what missional ministry is all about. Here are his thoughts specifically about the conference.
- Geoff Surratt – Here's his blog about his new position at Exponential
Links Worth Clicking:
Today on Biblegatway you can purchase a signed copy of Divine Generosity by Kelly Kapic for only $9.99. Scroll to the bottom, right side of the page.
The fine folks at the Four Square denomination show Brandon Hatmaker some love with their review of Barefoot Church.
The EFCA is equally to friendly to Dr. John Koessler in their review of his award-winning Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching.
And three new books arrived on my desk today! Gotta love it.
Leading Life-Changing Small Groups
Gospel Coach: Sheperding Leaders to Glorify God
Studies on the Go: Genesis (published with Youth Specialites)
Exponential Series eBook Sale – Every Book
During the month of April every eBook in the Exponential Series will be on sale for $2.99. The Exponential Series is designed for church planters and for those who want to multiply their ministry. It features authors and ministry leaders from a variety of church models and each book is filled with practical takeaways. If you're a church planter, or if you're thinking about planting a church, or if you're a ministry leader who oversees new campuses, new ministries, or new church plants, then this series is for you. The $2.99 price will be good through the end of the month at any retailer that sells ebooks.
- Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement – by Dave Ferguson & Jon Ferguson
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- AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church – by Hugh Halter & Matt Smay
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- Transformation: Discipleship that Turns Lives, Churches, and the World Upside Down – by Bob Roberts Jr.
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- On the Verge: A Journey into the Apostolic Future of the Church – by Alan Hirsch & Dave Ferguson
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- For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel – by Darrin Patrick & Matt Carter with Joel A. Lindsey
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- Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture – by Brandon Hatmaker
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[Our two newest Exponential eBooks, Sifted and It's Personal, have not yet released. They will be available for the $2.99 price from April 23 - April 30.]
Links worth Clicking: 2011 AND Conference round-up
Since attending the 2011 AND Conference last week I've been searching the net for various other links to find out what others are thinking. If you missed the conference you might find these helpful. There was a lot of discussion there about the "missional" movement. To me, it was fascinating – how can we be both "gathered and scattered" as a church? (…as Hugh Halter would say…) Here's what I've found so far:
Pastor Dave Online reviews a book that released exclusively at the conference, Barefoot Church. A second review of the book is also available on the "In the Lead" blog.
Hugh Halter blogged about the release of his new book and Brandon Hatmaker's Barefoot Church
Mark Meyer blogged through the whole conference. Here's his link to notes from a session led by Alan Hirsch. Check out his site for lots of others.
Tim Schraeder also blogged through the conference. Here's a link to his post on capital campaigns.
Josh Jones is another blogger who made it to quite a few sessions. Here's his link to notes from Wegner and Magruder's talk on "Glorious Failures."
Here's a link back to my own thoughts on the conference, in case you missed it.


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CHICAGO Carbonyx Inc. plans to build a chemical plant in Millwood, W.Va., that will make Cokonyx, a proprietary product that replaces coking coal as a steelmaking raw material.
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Delegation from Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province, China Visits NJIT
December 07, 2010
The visiting delegation from Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province, China visited NJIT on Dec. 3 and was led by Vice Mayor and General Secretary Mr. Xiao Ping Li. He was accompanied by Mr. Qiliang Gui, Vice Secretary and Jian Lin Lu, as well as Mao Su Yan and Violet Gu of the Zhenjiang New Area Investment Promotion Center with Rongjun Ni and Weihua Cao of the Zhenjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone. >>
Chinese Delegates to Visit NJIT to Learn of Sustainability, Solar Energy
November 17, 2010
A delegation from Ningguo in the People's Republic of China will visit NJIT Nov. 18, 2010 to learn more about sustainable urban living and solar energy. The delegation would like to transform Ningguo into China's "Solar City." The trip follows a visit this past July from an NJIT delegation led by Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development, in which an agreement was signed with city officials to help them achieve their solar goals. Ningguo is located in eastern China in the province of Anhui. The city has a population of 380,000. >>
How-To of Using Electric Power from Space Will Highlight Talk at NJIT
November 02, 2009
Imagine beaming electric power from space as a viable solar energy option. Engineer and researcher Martin Hoffert, professor emeritus and former chair of the department of applied science at New York University, will discuss this theory further in a free lecture, open to the public, on Nov. 4, 2009 at NJIT, from 3-4:30 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium. >>


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Today the final National Book Award category longlist was announced. For the authors involved, that means it's time for nervous hand-wringing to commence. For readers, well, it's time to dig into those lists and start reading, dissecting the judges' motives and/or rooting for your favorite . . . which is exactly what we're doing at BookPage! Read on for the behind-the-scenes action.
I'm pulling for young, experimental poet Maureen N. McLane—third er, collection's the charm, right? The New York University English professor blends lush natural imagery with pointed, contemporary syntax in This Blue. At once playful and profoundly sobering, these poems examine mankind's history and our tendency to exploit and abuse the beauty of our earth. Now is the perfect time to dive in if you missed this fantastic collection during National Poetry Month.
—Hilli Levin, Editorial Assistant
Looking at the NBA's nonfiction longlist reminds me of the old "Sesame Street" song: One of these things is not like the others. Roz Chast's hilarious and moving graphic memoir, Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, stands out from a crowd of traditional narrative history and biography. Could Chast emerge as the winner? It seems highly unlikely, but I'm thrilled to see her deeply personal look at the perils of aging among this year's contenders.
—Lynn Green, Editor
One farm. One family. One hundred years. Jane Smiley is taking on a seriously ambitious literary project with her Last Hundred Years trilogy, so it doesn't surprise me a bit that the first novel, Some Luck, grabbed a spot on the NBA longlist this year. This installment takes us through the life of the Langdons from 1920 to 1953, and if the next two books are anywhere near as marvelously executed, then don't be surprised if the critical praise and award nominations continue to flow her way.
—Hilli Levin, Editorial Assistant
It might feel shocking to see John Darnielle, a man most famous for being the lead singer of The Mountain Goats, on the NBA longlist for his first novel, Wolf in White Van. But when you consider the fact that his lyrics might as well be poetry or short stories, it's really not that surprising. Blame it on my love of the underdog, but I'm hoping for a win for this musician-turned-novelist.
I'm also rooting for Molly Antopol and her quietly beautiful collection of short stories, The UnAmericans, because, well, wow. She's under 35 and this is her debut work of fiction. I'm under 35 and I just googled "how to handwash stuff" so I find this immensely impressive.
—Lily McLemore, Assistant Editor
As the fiction editor at BookPage, I'm starting to have a visceral reaction to the descriptor "post-apocalyptic fiction." But Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven brings a breath of fresh air to the genre with her fourth novel, a beautiful and deeply felt story that uses its dystopian setting to explore our very human need for shared culture, art and stories. Here's hoping this original and insightful work moves on to the shortlist.
—Trisha Ping, Managing Editor
It's no surprise to see Jacqueline Woodson's memoir-in-verse, Brown Girl Dreaming, on this list, and you'll likely see it on several more award lists before the end of the year. Her accessible and poignant story shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and '70s in a country "caught / between Black and White" and how writing helped her find her voice.
Also, is there any living writer who better captures the hilarity, messiness (sexual, social and emotional) and adventure of being a teenage boy than Andrew Smith? Not likely. Although I thought Grasshopper Jungle was the better of his two books that came out this year, 100 Sideways Miles is another winner—and it's about time Smith was publicly and widely recognized for his talent.
—Cat Acree, Associate Editor
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Harper • $15.99 • ISBN 9780062282712
Published August 5, 2014
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How many writers manage to publish a novel and an essay collection over the course of one summer? Roxane Gay's debut, An Untamed State, was published in May, but before she became a novelist she was known for her penetrating essays and cultural criticism. Bad Feminist contains both of these, alongside deeply personal writing—including a depiction of her assault at the age of 12—and more lighthearted pieces about Scrabble tournaments and reality TV.
The collection takes its title from the final two essays, which explore how prescriptive the definition of "feminist" can sometimes be, and how Gay at times feels she comes up short.
Alas, poor feminism. So much responsibility keeps getting piled on the shoulders of a movement whose primary purpose is to achieve equality, in all realms, between men and women. I keep reading these articles and getting angry and tired because they suggest there's no way for women to ever get it right. These articles make it seem like, as Butler suggests, there is in fact, a right way to be a woman and a wrong way to be a woman. The standard for the right way to be a woman and/or a feminist appears to be ever changing and unachievable.
Gay's insightful exploration of this topic makes readers worry less about their occasional shortcomings and more comfortable with being human.
What are you reading this week?
Anita Diamant is known for her thought-provoking novels about women's lives, from Biblical times (as in her 1997 bestseller The Red Tent) to the present day (2005's The Last Days of Dogtown). She's returning this December with her first novel in five years, The Boston Girl (Scribner).
The novel tells the story of Addie Baum, born in 1900 to Jewish parents who have recently arrived in Boston. Though the Baums came to America to get a better life for their three daughters, the precocious Addie's world is almost unrecognizable to them. Told in the voice of the 85-year-old Addie, who is looking back on her life, The Boston Girl becomes the story of the 20th century and the ever-changing roles of women within it.
Will you read it?
RELATED CONTENT: Don't miss our previous coverage of Anita Diamant.
August is First Fiction Month on BookPage.com! Click here to read all our First Fiction coverage on the blog; click here to read our most recent debut novel reviews.
Today's guest post comes from writer Shelly King, whose first novel, The Moment of Everything, goes on sale next week. It's set in a used bookstore, where former Silicone Valley employee Maggie has found part-time work after the failure of the tech startup she was working for. When Maggie finds a lovers' conversation written in the margins of a used copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover, she embarks on a quest to discover who they were—and what happened to their romance.
In a guest post, King—who moved to California from the South and once worked for a Silicon Valley startup herself—explains the mystery of found objects and shares some of her favorite found objects in literature.
I was 15 the first time I found a letter in a used book. I was in Montana visiting family and had wandered into a used bookstore. There I found Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters. I hadn't read Hemingway yet, but I knew he was an important writer and that he'd spent a lot of time in Africa. I opened the front flap and saw it was covered in writing. It was the letter from a father to a young boy.
The details are fuzzy, but I remember the father was traveling in Africa. I thought it was nice that he was sending his son a book about another man who had been to Africa. He missed his son. He signed the letter "Papa." I fell in love with this letter. But I didn't buy the book. I didn't have much money, so I left it behind. But that letter stayed with me. I thought of it for days, wishing that I'd bought that book, not for the letters of Hemingway, but for that letter written in the book. I finally told my mother about it, and she took me back to the bookstore. But the book was gone.
About 15 years after I first found that letter from the father in Africa, I was in Seattle at another used bookstore where I saw a copy of Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters. I smiled thinking of that other copy I found years ago in Montana. I opened up the front flap, and there it was—the handwritten letter from a father traveling in Africa to his son. Only this time I was more familiar with Hemingway, whom I now knew was also known as Papa. And this time, I noticed the letter was dated decades before this book was published. When I looked closer, I realized the letter wasn't written in the book. It was a reproduction of a Hemingway letter that decorated the inside flap.
Even though the letter was not what I thought it was, I'm grateful for my misunderstanding. It started a lifelong search for treasures of the past in old books. Over the years, I've found drawings, letters, postcards, ticket stubs, restaurant receipts, photographs, recipes, and inscriptions. The people who owned these books before left a bit of their lives in them. I love not just the story the author intended but also the story of the book itself.
My favorite novels (and one play!) that have someone discovering something in a book:
Thanks, Shelly! Visit her website for more on The Moment of Everything, or find it online: BAM | B & N | Indiebound | Amazon
The fast-paced world of romance publishing is always offering up great new authors to discover. As part of our #FirstFictionMonth coverage, we're spotlighting three new voices who are each debuting in their own way this year.
Jennifer Ryan will be making her print debut with At Wolf Ranch (on sale February 24, 2015), the first in her thrilling romantic suspense series, Montana Men. The novel focuses on Ella Wolf as she flees to her family's ranch, certain that the man who murdered her sister is now after her. Luckily for Ella, a ruggedly handsome cowboy is bent on protecting her from the killer.
Despite finding eBook success with her best-selling The Hunted and The McBrides series, Ryan is excited to finally have a novel in bookstores, admitting during our discussion at RWA that she's "really more of a print person." And her path to print publication is the stuff of writers' dreams. While attending a panel discussion during a previous RWA convention, Avon editor Lucia Macro mentioned that she would love to see more romantic suspense novels. Taking the cue, Ryan sent Macro her manuscript, and a short three weeks later, Avon bought her series. It's no surprise, really; Ryan is adept at writing those gripping scenes that leave you flipping pages till the end.
Ryan's romance-writing career took off with a bit of a happy shock: the discovery that she was pregnant with third child. "I was reading all the time—I read 10 books a week while my kids were growing up!" she says of her time as a stay-at-home mom with her first two children. But when they grew older, she decided it was time to go back to work as a computer programmer. That plan quickly changed when she discovered that she was pregnant again with her daughter. With another baby on the way, she decided that writing romance novels from home just made sense.
So what inspired her to base her series on the cowboys of Big Sky country? "When I was younger, I had a friend in California with a small ranch and horses. I would spend my weekends riding horses with her, and I just thought it was the most wonderful thing in the world," she explains. "I grew up daydreaming about cowboys, because who wouldn't? I remember thinking, there's got to be a cowboy our there for me—And I ended up marrying a military man!" Ryan lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and three children, and can usually be found immersed in a world of books.
We chatted with debut author Lillian Marek over email about her first novel, the Victorian romance Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures (on sale November 4). This novel answers the call for romance in exotic locales, since its heroine Lady Elinor and a distractingly handsome family friend find love while exploring Italy and the ruins of the ancient Etruscan civilization. Marek writes with humor, historical knowledge and just enough spice to keep things interesting.
Writing historical romance was an easy choice for Marek. "I've never wanted to do anything else—you could call it a compulsion. For a number of years, I got my writing fix, so to speak, as a journalist, but it's much more fun writing fiction," she says. Her focus on romance was inspired by a friend's suggestion to pick up Loretta Chase's romance novel Mr. Impossible. "I absolutely adored it," she says. "I started devouring romance novels, especially historical ones, and had a glorious time. Then I thought it would be fun to write them, so I did." As simple as that!
Getting published was a bit more complex than her decision to write, but after winning a few romance-writing contests, Marek felt confident enough to pitch her book to Sourcebooks. Not only did Sourcebooks buy Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures, they bought the rest of the proposed series as well. "I was, as you can imagine, ecstatic," she says. Marek lives near Long Island Sound with her husband, where she enjoys taking long walks along the coast. We're excited to see where the next intrepid installment in Marek's Victorian Adventurers series takes us!
Rhonda Helms is venturing into the world of New Adult print with her love- and music-inspired novel, Scratch (on sale September 30). Scratch is a departure from her usual romantic young adult novels, which are "frothy and fun," she says during our conversation at the hotel Starbucks. New Adult is an up-and-coming genre, marketed towards young women in their early 20s—a grown-up YA reader, if you will. New Adult focuses on characters finding themselves and struggling with choices and consequences, from first jobs to first loves, as they explore life after high school. "It's got that young adult voice [first person], but with more adult situations. I like the fact that you can write these characters that are a little bit older, and there's lots of high emotion," Helms explains. Helms has a knack for writing convincing dialogue between her young characters, perhaps inspired by conversations with her 18-year-old daughter!
In Scratch, college senior Casey attempts to keep memories of an unpleasant past at bay by losing herself in her gigs as a DJ. She tends to keep others at a distance, but when a fellow student takes an interest in her, she wonders if letting him in might be worth the risk. Helms knew music would be a big part of the book, and explains, "Music is really important to me. I was a DJ too for a while—It was awesome!" Scratch even includes a track list which "reflects stuff that would be on Casey's personal playlist or music that she would play in the club," Helms says. Here's a sample track from the list.
Along with her interest in music, Helms has always loved romance novels. "I started reading romance when I was a kid," Helms says. "I would hide in my mom's bathroom and read her Harlequins!" Growing up with those Harlequins, she knew she wanted to write. However, she says, "The first book I wrote, I had no idea what I was doing. I just sort of vomited out five chapters, and then didn't know what to do next. . . It took me a year, but after that first book, I learned my process. But that first book was rough!" Seven books later, it looks like she's gotten the hang of it.
Helms lives in Cleveland with her family, where you may find her enjoying time with her pets, reading or perhaps sampling her favorite cheeses. "A good aged Gouda is divine, and Asiago cheese is exquisite," she says. Romance with a side of cheese: what more could you want?
August is First Fiction Month on BookPage.com! Click here to read all our First Fiction coverage on the blog; click here to read our most recent coverage of debut novels.
Painted Horses by Malcolm Brooks
Grove Atlantic • $26.00 • ISBN 9780802121646
Published August 5, 2014
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August is First Fiction Month on BookPage.com! Click here to read all our First Fiction coverage on the blog; click here to read our most recent coverage of debut novels.
Exhilarated by her newfound passion for archeology, Catherine Lemay is left feeling deflated when she's assigned to a dig in the sprawling sagebrush of 1950s Montana. Here, she must ascertain if there is anything significant worth saving in the deep pit of a canyon before plans for a major dam can progress. If she finds nothing of importance, the canyon, considered sacred to the local Crow Native Americans, will be drowned. Accustomed to thrilling, richly rewarding digs in England, Catherine is less than enthused by the endless, seemingly empty landscape before her.
A sliver of gray stone pierced the rubber tread like a spike. She stood there and watched the tire empty and for the first time since the day she watched the English coast recede behind her, felt as though she might break down and cry. She fought the tears until the wave passed.
August is First Fiction Month on BookPage.com! Click here to read all our First Fiction coverage on the blog; click here to read our most recent coverage of debut novels.
Jessie Burton pairs lavish descriptions of life in 17th-century Amsterdam with a clever touch of intrigue in her debut historical novel, The Miniaturist.
Eighteen-year-old Petronella "Nella" Oortman is the shy new bride of an enigmatic and wealthy merchant, Johannes Brandt, but too often she finds herself alone in her new, unfriendly household.
Johannes tries to comfort Nella with the gift of a tiny cabinet house, which is an exact replica of their own. But when Nella employs a miniaturist to furnish it, his cryptic clues lead her to uncover long-hidden secrets about the Brandt family.
Get the in-depth scoop from Burton herself in the video below:
The Miniaturist is out today! Will you be picking up a copy?
August is First Fiction Month on BookPage.com! Click here to read all our First Fiction coverage on the blog; click here to read our most recent coverage of debut novels.
Magic and reality combine in award-winning short-story writer Josh Weil's first novel, The Great Glass Sea. Set in an alternate present-day Russia where a city is kept under the titular glass greenhouse in a world of perpetual daylight in order to maximize crop production, it follows twin brothers Yarik and Dima. Once inseparable, the brothers are now on opposite sides of a controversy: Yarik is working to support the government that placed the citizens of Petroplavilsk under the sea, while Dima dreams of a return to their childhood farm and the freedom of a day where the sun rises and sets. When circumstances force the brothers even further apart, they must decide just how much family means.
Click here to read our full review.
Sunday, August 24 will mark the 200th anniversary of the night British troops set fire to the White House, the only time other than 9/11 when the U.S. capital city sustained a direct attack. First Lady Dolley Madison had fled the building just hours before the redcoats arrived, famously exclaiming "Save that painting!" and ordering that a precious Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington be removed from the wall and carted off to safety, along with the red velvet curtains from the White House drawing room.
British journalist Peter Snow gives a stirring account of that fateful night, as well as the days before and after, in When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington. The book was published in the U.K. last year to glowing reviews and was released this week in the U.S. by Thomas Dunne Books.
Snow keeps the action moving and adds immediacy by citing the letters, diaries and other accounts of those who witnessed (or participated in) the attack. As the British advanced, Americans on horseback sounded the alarm to the fearful residents of Washington, D.C. "Fly, fly! The ruffians are at hand. If you cannot get away yourselves, for God's sake send off your wives and daughters, for the ruffians are at hand." Under the command of Admiral George Cockburn and Major General Robert Ross, British invaders set fire not only to the White House, but to the U.S. Capitol building as well. "Never shall I forget my tortured feelings," one resident recalled, "when I beheld that noble edifice wrapt in flames, which . . . filled all the saddened night with a dismal gloom."
If you've always been a bit hazy about what led to the War of 1812 (and why it was still going on two years later), Snow's excellent account of these crucial events in U.S. history will sharpen your understanding—and make you surprised and grateful that the U.S. today counts Britain among its staunchest allies.
The Invention of Exile by Vanessa Manko
Penguin Press • $26.95 • ISBN 9781594205880
Published August 18, 2014
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August is First Fiction Month on BookPage.com! Click here to read all our First Fiction coverage on the blog; click here to read our most recent coverage of debut novels.
Exiles and emigrés haunt the pages of Vanessa Manko's evocative debut novel, which spans decades and continents. The story begins in 1913 Connecticut, where Russian emigré Austin has come to escape the pogroms and turmoil of his native land. After several years of hard work, he can afford to leave his cheap men's lodging house for a real boarding house, where he finds not only a room that only belongs to him, but an American woman he loves. But when the Bolshevik Revolution really takes hold in Russia, Austin finds himself under suspicion and expelled from his new home along with Julia, whom he marries at Ellis Island just before they are sent to Russia. Will he ever find his way back to the country he longs to call home?
The newspapers were calling it the Soviet Ark. The New York Times, January 1920, ran photos. A massive ship, anchored at Ellis Island on a bitter day. They stood on the peir amid the wind and ice. The sky opaque, flurries like chipped ice. The only sounds the murmur of men's conversations, seagulls crying, the moan of the boat on the day's hard air. The anchor cranking like a scream; the massive chain lifted out of the ocean, iron red with rust, calcified with sea salt, seaweed. Just moments before, he'd sat on the long benches of the waiting room, the very room he'd sat in only years prior eager to get beyond the bottled-glass windows whose light he knew was day in America—a country behind glass, the new country's light. . . . Somewhere, a man named Hoover had his name on an index card: Voronkov. Affirmed anarchist. Bail set at $10,000. Deported.
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
Elmo Cake
27 comments:
Happy Birthday to your babies! The cake is so cute!ReplyDelete
LOVE it! I am an adult and do not yet have kids, but this cake excites me. I am such a Sesame Street fan! You work is impeccable , as always. Belated birthday wishes to your daughter and nephew.ReplyDelete
Brilliant! God continue to bless the work of your handsReplyDelete
oh!!!!! Another lovely cake, I'm sure the little ones were happy to celebrate with Elmo (and the big ones to remember him, as well!). Congratulations, as always!!!ReplyDelete
soo cute!! Not sure I understand what you did differently when you were talking about the softened buttercream...you said you left if out for about 45 min. with a fan on it after you covered it in fondant...what do you normally do instead of this? Thanks for sharing!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi bonnie,momma!Delete
I usually just smooth it as good as I can before it starts to condensate, then put it back in the fridge. I don't let it sit out and soften because then it's real hard to get the top corners sharp. I just get them as sharp as I can before it starts to condensate. But, this time, I let it sit out so it wasn't sticky anymore, flipped it over and continued to sharpen the top edges/sides because the board under it (or on the "top") was helping to keep it's shape by being on the counter. Then, I only had to worry about the sides. I hope that makes sense?! ;)
hmmm...I'll have to read that a couple times to understand, i think :) i wish you lived right next door so I could just walk over and see everything- i'm such a visual person! so much for me to learn! thank you for taking the time to explain! :)ReplyDelete
Hi!! The cake is so cute, congratulations! ;)ReplyDelete
Wow, congrats! Happy Birthday to dearie Harper JoyReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 1:20 PM
What a cake! So much detail and it's perfect in every way! Happy birthday to your little girl :) I DO have a few questions for you. How did you get the stripes of color all in a row nicely? The ones behind the Elmo head :) And what did you use to adhere the paper to the fondant? I'm working on a cake this week that I'm going to use paper due to time issues but don't know what to use. Thank you!!ReplyDeleteReplies
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The row of fondant stripes was done with a fondant transfer technique I created. BUT, I can't give that info to you right now because I'm in the midst of doing a video tutorial of that and have to keep it "hush hush"! :) So, stay tuned for updates on when the video will be done and out for all to see! :)
I put the paper on the fondant right after I cut it so the fondant wasn't dried out and the paper stuck right to it. You could spritz the fondant with a touch of water, then wipe it off, so it's still a little sticky, then put the paper on. You just want to make sure the moisture is pretty much gone (but the surface is sticky) so it won't bleed into the paper.
Best wishes! :)
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Wow. Amazing. God bless you and your family!ReplyDelete
I am one of your followers.You have been very blessed and you generously share one of the talents that you have been given. Your cake work is always so beautiful! The tips and tricks that you learned doing each of your cakes and share with all of us , is very much apreciated. I am only a hobbyst and have lots still to learned. I thank you and wished you well in all the new and good things that may be coming your way. God bless!ReplyDelete
So cute!! A very beautiful cake!ReplyDelete
- MasrathNovember 17, 2012 at 4:52 AM
Hi Jessica,ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing your recipes and techniques. I learned a lot from you. I made your Choc Ganache recipe using Girardelli bittersweet choc chips which is 60% cocoa. I do not have a kitchen scale so I researched a lil bit and used 1 tablespoon heavy cream for 1 oz choc. I am sure I did something wrong here coz my ganache didn't turn out well. Could you please tell me how many tsp or tbls of heavy cream should I use per ounce?Replies
Hi Masrath!Delete
The standard ganache recipe for a crumb coat on a cake is 2:1 ratio. So, 2oz of dark chocolate to 1oz heavy cream. OR, 2 cups dark chocolate to 1 cup heavy cream. The 1:1 ratio you used is for a pourable ganche that won't set up on you. If you still have the ganache, warm it up slightly, melt down some new chocolate (use the same amount of chocolate you already used) and add it to the ganache and stir stir stir. You should be fine. I hope that makes sense. You didn't ruin it...you just need to add more chocolate! :)
Thanks for being prompt, Jessica. I will try adding more choc next time. So is it still 2:1 (2 Choc:1 cream)if I want to use Ganache as a filling?ReplyDelete
I made your Choc Mud Cake...yummmmmmm. Its delicious!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe. When you make your cakes, do you sift your flour into measuring cups or scoop flour with them? I am asking this question coz the flour quantity is more when scooped.Replies
I'm glad you liked the cake...it's my FAV!Delete
Yes...2:1...dark chocolate to heavy cream.
I don't sift anything. I always weigh all my ingredients so I don't have to worry about settling.
- MasrathNovember 28, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Thanks Jessica. I just made your SMBC icing and its delish, turned out very well...light and fluffy like cool whip. Its sitting at the counter right now. I didn't know 5 eggs would make so much. How do I store the left over and for how many days can I store it?ReplyDelete
(Sorry for pestering you for every little question)Replies
Yeah! I always store mine in the fridge for about a week (bring it back to room temp before re-whipping) and if it's going to be longer before I need it I'll put it in the freezer tightly sealed for several months!Delete
- MasrathDecember 1, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Hi Jessica,ReplyDelete
Just had a cake disaster! :( I finished making my first tier cake by 1:30am and woke to at 5:30am to find my cake bulged up. My fondant bulged up and I don't know why. I was so heart broken and disappointed that I literally cried. Please help me jessica. I used the SMBC icing on both my tiers and lay fondant on cakes right from the fridge. As my icing reached room temp, it was harder to work coz the icing was way too soft. But, when I refridgerated the cake, i had condensation issues. Also, my fondant started to break as I laid it on the cake. I made 3" high cakes before and this never happened. What can I do or not do next time. I would really appreciate your time. Thanks.Replies
I'm so sorry for the disaster!! My heart seriously breaks when I hear that!!Delete
Cake bulges happen when the cakes settles. So, you need to make sure before you stack/fill your cake that you've allowed your cake layers to settle. I do that by putting a little weight on them overnight. Remember, when you add 1.5 lbs of fondant onto a cake, it's going to want to condense it. So, you need to make sure you've already done that a little in the settling process.
The buldge also might have been an air bubble. Your cake is full of air. Some cake has more than others because of their construction. Air could be in your frosting, in your cake, and trapped between the crumb coat and fondant coat. When air warms up, it expands, so a tiny little bubble when cold, becomes huge when it's warm. The best way to cover a cake is at room temp. But if you want to achieve sharp corners and you're using buttercream you have to cover it cold. Then, leave it out at room temp and as you see air bubbles, you insert a pin in there and pop them and push the air out. As you get better at covering cakes, you'll get less trapped air...but it always happens when you're cake goes from cold to warm air. That's why I like ganache! I let my ganache cakes sit out at room temp for a while before covering them. And, I'll leave them out as long as the filling isn't perishable.
I hope that helps! The only thing about your fondant is that is wasn't soft enough...it must have dried out. It shouldn't break/crack unless it's dried or old. Try working in some glycerin or corn syrup until it's nice and warm and elastic...then cover your cake.
Best wishes!
- MasrathDecember 2, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Thank you for your prompt reply Jessica. I will keep these pointers in mind next time. For a moment I gave up and thought may be this isn't my cup of coffee. But with a supportive husband and an inspiring & helpful friend like you, I am not giving up. I will keep trying and I know God is with me. Can't find enough words to thank you for being there.ReplyDelete
The cake was delicious though. Thanks for the Mud cake recipe again.
God bless you!
- AnonymousMarch 18, 2013 at 1:41 PM
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This is just such a lovely cake! Were the dots on this cake fondant or modeling chocolate?Replies
Half and half! :) I had blue and green fondant and I had red, orange and yellow candy melts which I used to make modeling chocolate with. So, a little of both! :)Delete
Thank you!
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2013 at 6:40 AM
Hey Jessica,ReplyDelete
I love this cake & love your work! It looks so similar to a cake I designed, take a look! http://www.juicydesserts.com/blog/2011/10/11/elmo-cake/Replies
WOW!!! That is so funny...it does look really similar with the stripes and the polka dots! :) Great minds obviously think alike. I took a look through the rest of your cakes too and they're beautiful!! Nice work!!! :)Delete


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The study -- supported by a grant from the National Institute of Children Health and Human Development and just published online by the medical journal Pediatrics -- refers only to what they call early limited formula (or the adorable nickname ELF) use. Under their guidelines, small amounts of formula are given to babies to help curb their hunger while mom waits for her milk to come in, but mom still breastfeeds.
The study took 40 newborns who had lost 5 percent of their birth weight and whose moms' milk hadn't come in yet and split them into two groups. One got ELF. The other group was breastfed exclusively. When they checked back at 3 months, almost 80 percent of the babies who were given formula early on were breastfeeding exclusively. Forty-two percent of the moms who'd breastfed exclusively from the get-go were still doing so.
The goal of ELF is to help moms and babies both -- it keeps the little ones from losing weight and helps prevent moms from giving in to the stress of not "making enough" to sate a hungry baby. In all, it's only supposed to last a few days before moms goes to full breastfeeding.
It all sounds pretty tricky, and even the folks at UCSF admit it's not perfect. In a press release, the study's lead author Dr. Valerie Flaherman, an assistant professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF and a pediatrician at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, even calls formula use a "slippery slope to breastfeeding discontinuation."
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I ended up sinking into postpartum depression in no small part because of my feelings of failure and inadequacy as a mom who wasn't doing well at this breastfeeding thing.
I can only imagine how much less stressed I would have been if someone had said, "Hey, a little formula isn't a bad thing." If someone -- a medical someone -- had helped me lay out a plan for a little formula to get us over the hump, a plan that had a specific beginning and end so that it was only a supplement and NOT a crutch that ruined my breastfeeding future.
That's what the folks at UCSF are talking about. They're not saying moms should pump baby full of something man-made from here until eternity. Just give that ravenous baby something to drink when mom can't make it ... something to help mom get over the hump while her poor body adjusts to new motherhood.
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It helped me in the beginning before my milk dropped, which took about a week. I would feed my daughter from both breasts then I would give her an ounce of formula after she was done. It kept us both happy and when my milk came in I stopped using the formula altogether and breast fed her for over a year :)
I had a very difficult time breastfeeding in the beginning. At 3 weeks, when my daughter was still not up to birthweight, I begged the pediatrician for a formula recommendation. I started giving her 2 ounces a day. This gave my girls a bit of break to heal and kept her tummy just a bit fuller. She will be 7 months this week and has been EBF for the past 5 months. I always say that little bit of formula is what kept me breastfeeding!
I'm conflicted about this. I see how it could help some women, but my daughter lost 12 oz after birth and my milk didn't come in for a full week. I had to take her for daily weigh-ins to make sure she wasn't losing more, but she didn't really gain any more for that first week either. She was my second baby and second time breastfeeding so that may have made a difference. I was confident in my ability to breastfeed and knew my milk would come in. I continued to EBF for 7 months and breastfeed with solids for 18 months.


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