Each week, the Bookwoman blog introduces one of our members. At the WNBA, we embrace the diverse backgrounds and varied interests of our members. Learning more about each other through the weekly “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series allows us to become more connected. Meet this week’s interviewee: Paula Watts, WNBA-Nashville!
Power Behind the WNBA: Tabitha Whissemore, DC
The member diversity in the WNBA makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Tabitha Whissemore (WNBA-DC) to the “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. For three years, I have been president of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the WNBA. At […]
Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco
Fifty years ago, the Women’s National Book Association – San Francisco was founded by Effie Lee Morris, a groundbreaking librarian and educator. She recognized the power of literacy and education in overcoming racism, inequality, and poverty. To celebrate fifty fabulous years, the WNBA-SF hosted an event at the San Francisco public library in March 2018 […]
The Power Behind the WNBA: Catherine Jardines, Charlotte
The member diversity in the WNBA makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Catherine Jardines (WNBA-Charlotte) to the “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. My name is Catherine Jardines. I’m the president of the Charlotte chapter of the WNBA. By […]
The New Kid on the Block: Gaining and Retaining New Members
When I was growing up, we moved about every five years. That meant I was always the “new kid on the block” and the new kid in grammar school, junior high, and high school. Always entering a room, a group, an activity filled with people who had known each other for a long time and […]
The Power Behind the WNBA: Nicole Eiden, New Orleans
The member diversity in the WNBA makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Nicole Eiden (WNBA-New Orleans) to the “Power behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. I am a poet and filmmaker interested in exploring the challenges and beauty […]
WNBA-New Orleans Celebrates National Reading Group Month
On November 3, the New Orleans Chapter celebrated National Reading Group Month at the Xavier University of Louisiana Library. Before introducing the event’s two illustrious authors, Past-President Marie Breaux said with a laugh, “New Orleanians are allowed to be fashionably late.” Fitting with the program’s theme, “The Art of Biography,” the two speakers, Clare Coss […]
WNBA Members’ Noteworthy News, December 2018
The Women’s National Book Association is home to a talented membership who do so much to promote literacy in our communities. Kudos to these members for their outstanding work! South Florida Congratulations to Lee Ravine on the publication of her new novel, Villa Paraiso. Villa Paraiso reveals the secrets and lies hidden behind […]
The Power behind the WNBA: Anne Babson, New Orleans
The member diversity in the WNBA makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Anne Babson (New Orleans) to the “Power behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. My name is Anne Babson, and I’m a member of the WNBA-New Orleans […]
Just Like February and World AIDS Day
Just Like February is, at its heart, a story of lost innocence. The ’80s have always struck me as a time of profound innocence lost in both the personal and cultural realms. They came in on a high and went out on a where-do-we-go-from-here low. Smack in the middle of the decade, my husband’s friend […]