Recent & Current Reads  And this review of mine from January 2020 seems particularly relevant.  Legacy of Empire by Gardner Thompson Britain, Zionism and the Creation of Israel political history Saqi, February 2020 (U.S.) With meticulously researched and annotated details worthy of the most strenuously vetted academic text deconstructed from the Ottoman Empire forward, Legacy of Empire satisfies the intellectual cravings of serious sociopolitical historians and curious everyday citizens. Maps, illustrations, photographs, a timeline, nine chapters, a bibliography, an index, and acknowledgements provide factual structure for a compelling narrative that fills in layers of overlapping and competing personal beliefs, religious ideology, shifting political interests and military objectives. The introduction examines the differences between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. These distinctions substantially impacted the reasoning and motivations of the men who mandated changes to the map of

  Thank you!  The Write Women Book Fest team thanks the long list of people who made this year's success possible: EC Poetry & Prose, each participating author & vendor (especially those who travelled long distances by train, plane or automobile), the featured panelists, panelists* & moderators, each day 2 workshop presenter, everyone who attended one or both days, our Chief Voluntolder, our day-of operations manager, all of the volunteers, supportive family and friends...  Extra Special Thanks to  Author Leslye Penelope, featured panelist on day 1 & day 2 keynote speaker   Marietta House Museum, our partner in bookish endeavors since year one EC Poetry & Prose  TWWBF Poet Laureate Aressa V. Williams  Prince George's County Memorial Library System  Barnes & Noble Booksellers at the Bowie Town Center Curmudgeon Books at Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, Maryland  Draft2Digital  Michelle Fewer!!!  Digital Creator & Mompreneur @lifeandworkbetter Erin

  Thank you!  EC Poetry & Prose, authors (& their assistants), poets, featured guests, panelists, moderators, attendees, day-of volunteers, voluntolders (family members drafted into book fest service), the Bowie Comfort Inn team, the Marietta House Museum team, Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Bowie B & N, Curmudgeon Books, Mark Leslie Lefebvre with Draft2Digital, all of the Sunday workshop leaders and students...  Apologies to anyone omitted during this brief first gratitude post. My sleep-deprived brain is operating at maybe 2% coherent thoughts capacity. Next weekend I'll post a more detailed recap of what turned out to be an outstanding event because so many people showed up for us in a variety of substantial ways.  Happy creating! 

  One week until the 5th annual The Write Women Book Fest!  thewritewomenbookfest.org   Swag bags for influencers, volunteers, 100+ authors/poets/creatives and the first 50 visitors? Check.  Escalating nerves as day one approaches? Check.  Excitement for two days of bookish fun? Check.  Stress reduction reading options