I was happy to hear from two PhD candidates. The first interviewed me about my novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. He wrote: "My name is ________ and I’m a PhD candidate in English at the University of ______. I’m from Japan and working on my dissertation that discusses ethnic American writers’ literary writings on the Second World War in the Pacific. I read your novel, When the … [Read more...] about Academic Studies on Cecilia Brainard Novels
Sketch: Inspiration for Cecilia Branard’s Woman with Horns
This is one of my (Cecilia Brainard) sketches in reed and pen and ink. This depicts two women from my childhood who fascinated me and inspired my fiction. One was a woman who reportedly had horns on her forehead; the other was said to be a witch and who always carried an umbrella so she could hide her face. I'm pasting below my short story "Woman With Horns" which is part of literature … [Read more...] about Sketch: Inspiration for Cecilia Branard’s Woman with Horns