Richenda Gould

12 Days Product Page

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Product page featuring the 12 Days of Christmas crystal collection. Information about the 12 Days

Graylight

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By Naomi Nowak NBM/Comicslit The field of comics, also sometimes known as graphic novels, is

All Around Wide Pre-Tied Headband (product review)

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I have very thick hair. I don’t bother with most barrettes or clasps; they just

Joy Pendant (product review)

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I fell in love with the Joy Pendant the moment I saw it. The sweeping,

Remarkable Creatures (book review)

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By Tracy Chevalier Read: January ’10 Rating: Illuminating For the Feminist Review I’m a huge

Chosen by Desire (book review)

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By Kate Perry Forever Kate Perry is a pretty kickass chick. Her childhood dream was

Louder Than Words: Marni

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Marni Bates comes from a dysfunctional home. Her parents are estranged long before they divorced, and her sister is her rival. Young Marni wants to be loved, so she plays into the manipulative games her father contrives. The shocking realization that her father sees her as a tool, rather than a daughter to love, is the first of many sledgehammers to Marni’s self-esteem

I Am a Compulsive Reader

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I am a compulsive reader. I think about it all the time. When I’m on the subway, when I’m doing math homework. When I’m supposed to be sleeping, when my body is busy but my mind is not. I always have a book with me. When I don’t, I feel a fluttering of panic. How am I supposed to get through the next five minutes—two hours—fifteen seconds without something to read? Hell, a menu will do. I’ll even take a phone book, especially if it has ads. I could reread Joe’s Crab Shack and Shrimp ten times over before realizing that there was nothing really interesting about it. License plates are more generous fodder than an empty room

30 Covers in 30 Days Interview Series

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Six part interview with Chris Papasadero of design firm Fwis. In November 2009, Papasadero is setting himself a challenge alongside the annual NaNoWriMo event–to design 30 book covers in 30 days. The interview is conducted in one week intervals, and will run through the first week of December at Snap2Objects.com

Racing the Dark (book review)

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Racing the Dark is unique among fantasy books. The world draws upon Pacific Island and East Asian cultures to create a rich blend very different from fantasy canon—an island nation with an animist religion centering on sacrifice and binding. Though a young adult novel, Johnson is unafraid to tackle harsh topics, and readers will love her for it

Mating Ritual of the North American WASP

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Peggy and Luke meet in Vegas where inhibitions go to die. Aunt Abigail, clearly having her priorities straight, says she will allow Luke to sell the house if he and Peggy remain married for one year. Needing her share of the house’s selling price, Peggy starts leading a double life. During the week she lives and works in the city and on weekends she rents a car, drives to Connecticut, and pretends to be the happily married wife of a genuine, full-blooded

The Hebrew Tutor of Bel-Air

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The majority of the book focuses on Norman alone. He is seventeen, and turning into quite the Hebrew scholar, yet he doesn’t feel a strong spiritual connection with his studies. His student is impossible—she wants nothing to do with this Bat Mitzvah stuff. Rather than fight her, Norman sits back passively and lets Bayla waste their time. He observes the goings-on at Bayla’s, contrasts their rich lifestyle with his family’s poverty, and feels shame. Still, he does very little

Release Literary Magazine, 2008

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Participated as editor in the Fall 2007 selection period. Solicited submissions Selected submissions for publication

Crisis of Conscience

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A one-act play set during the mid-80s in South Africa. Jon faces the possibility of being ordered to fire on black neighbors–but defiance means disrupting the life of his young family. Drawn directly from my family’s experiences. Any inconsistencies in setting or language are my own. Crisis of Conscience is available in full, formatted for production. Requests can be forwarded to richenda@richendagould.com

For Love of the Queen

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The union of Titania and Oberon, Shakespeare’ infamous fairy royalty, is shaken when Titania takes a human lover… and bears him a child. The complete For Love of the Queen is available as a formatted script for productions. To request permission for use, email richenda@richendagould.com

Mirupkai

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Pickled chilis- there were enough of them there to burn down a Midwesterner’s family tree to its very roots. No spice in those people. None at all. Angelina moved on past the pickled mangos and more pickled chilis to the plain old chili powder. Product of India. Once upon a time, Angelina had been from India, too

Eve As Woman

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She wasn’t sure how long they had spent in the Garden. Time was still a slippery concept for her. Every so often she would recall that she had last seen a particular stone the day before, or several days ago, but then the relation would disappear as she became distracted. There was much to be distracted by in Eden

Why don’chu do right?

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Martin pats worrisomely at his forehead, shining with sweat in the bright dancing hall lights. His handkerchief comes away greasy and moist, and he tucks it back into its pocket, mortified despite the fact that this is not at all unusual for him anymore. In the privacy of his own home he dries his bald head without a second thought to propriety. In the dance hall, however, he is one of many, many, uncomfortable bachelors trying to appeal to a lady—any lady

Baboons and Protea Flowers

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I hunched over in the white ash, my long, thin tail twitching behind me. My knobby fingers dug through the dust, searching at the roots of a twisted plant. The wind brought the scent of more burning, and a quick glance across the mountain showed that the men were herding flame again. When I was young, I had feared the fire and the humans who controlled it, but having only narrowly avoided the ravages of a natural bushfire, I had learned a healthy appreciation for this strange activity. Besides keeping the mountain from burning up in one fell swoop, their fires created a steady and predictable supply of my favorite treat: Burnt protea flowers

Death As An Excuse

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The day her Marcello entered the hospital, she began to die as well. There was paperwork to be corrected, and their names were moved to separate sheets. Deceased. Their medical charts were sorted apart, as were the mortgage payments, their phone bills, and the car insurance