by Kristen Rademacher | Sep 13, 2020 | Essays
The essay below was published in Books By Women, an online literary magazine by and about women. Barbara Bos in the managing editor, and I’m pleased to share my work on her site. I wrote My First Pub Date a month or so after my memoir, From the Lake House, was...
by Kristen Rademacher | Jul 27, 2020 | Essays
The essay below was published in Still Standing Magazine in July 2020. I’d been thinking about bereaved fathers this past spring—particulary in June when Father’s Day hit. For Her Father is the result. I’m grateful to be in a peaceful place so that I...
by Kristen Rademacher | Jul 20, 2020 | Essays
I’ve shared with almost everyone that for me, writing a book has proven to be much easier than promoting it. Give me a laptop and some solitude, and I can happily click away on my keyboard for the day. But ask me to try and convince people to read my work? No...
by Kristen Rademacher | Jul 13, 2020 | Essays
My essay below was published in Glow in the Woods, a website dedicated to ‘babylost mothers and fathers.’ The Unthinkable describes my connection to my former (and now deceased) landlords from back when I lived outside of Boston. I’ve always believed...
by Kristen Rademacher | Mar 3, 2020 | Essays, Musings
A birthing room for a stillborn baby is quiet. Eerily so. No howls heard from the baby freshly delivered from the deep, dark womb. No exclamations of joy, relief, and of a job well done. You lie in the hush and watch nurses care for your silent infant. You soon hear...
