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A Few Writerly Things

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Gabriella West

I recently did a free book promotion for my 2015 novel Elsie Street on The Fussy Librarian site after many years… and was delighted to see that for free ebooks at least, it’s worth it. I made back my investment … Continue reading →

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Coming Full Circle

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Gabriella West

As promised, I’m posting a personal essay written in 2021 during lockdown, shortly after I got the vaccine, which seemed so, so significant at the time. I realize that it is about time, hope, and gratitude. [Image is of a … Continue reading →

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When I was an ardent young intellectual in the early ’90s, I took a class on Modernist Women Writers with the poet Kathleen Fraser at SFSU. One of our assignments was to do “a close reading” of our writer of … Continue reading →

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Gabriella West | 1 Comment