Sunday, June 9, 2013

News from Jackie Horne

Here is nice note I received from Jackie Horne:

Hi, Tim:

Hope all is well with you and yours. We were sad to miss reunion last year -- we were planning on coming, but my mother died the Friday before Memorial Day, and we ended up grieving with family instead of celebrating with old classmates...

Hard to believe our daughter Maddie is just finishing up her first year of high school at the Commonwealth School in Boston. The school is only a few blocks away from where the Marathon bombings took place, but luckily no one from her school was hurt.

Keith is still working as a Senior Engineer in the Advanced Technology Group at NetApp, and I'm working as an independent scholar and writer. Since last August, I've been writing a blog called ROMANCE NOVELS FOR FEMINISTS (romancenovelsforfeminists.blogspot.com), which analyzes the intersections between feminism and popular romance writing. Starting next month, I'll be co-chairing the Publications Advisory Board for the Children's Literature Association (childlitassn.org), which oversees the publishing program for the association, in conjunction with the UP of Mississippi. Any scholars out there studying books, films, computer and video games, or any other media for children, and who looking to publish their book-length work -- let me know.

Best,
Jackie C. Horne, ES 87

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