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Featured Article

They Say You Have
to Write Alone…

by “The Writerlies”: Lisa Freedman, Janet Lombardi, and Jennifer Wortham
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Quote of the Month

"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open." ~ Muriel Rukeyser 

Book Reviews

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Who Am I.....?

I am a clinical social worker practicing Family therapy for 28 years and I have a passion for writing.
— Bari Ecker, Randolph, NJ

I am a Family Practice physician interested in writing short stories predominantly with medical themes. I also like to write creative nonfiction.
— Ann Laurella Difrangia, Akron, OH

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The IWWG, founded in 1976, is a network for the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing and open to all regardless of portfolio. As such, it has established a remarkable record of achievement in the publishing world, as well as in circles where lifelong learning and personal transformation are valued for their own sake. The Guild nurtures and supports holistic thinking by recognizing the logic of the heart--the ability to perceive the subtle interconnections between people, events and emotions- alongside conventional logic.

 

In My Own Words

A Fair Exchange

When people speak of the city of Dresden, they say one of two things: Either they say: "Oh, yes, that’s where they make the beautiful china!" Or they say: "Oh, yes, that city was bombed to smithereens." Porcelain and bombs. The delicate and the brutal. How are such polar opposites rectified in the psyche of the human mind and heart? It took me ten years to write the slim memoir On the Way to Feed the Swans, which describes, in the voice of the young person I then was, the l ...

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This website was made possible through a bequest by a beloved Guild Member, the late
Avis Todd, and other Guild members who generously contributed. The IWWG is deeply grateful.