Confessions featured on Patricia’s Wisdom
This story is a delightful read at nearly any age as it provokes memories for some and lets others know they are wearing similar shoes. It is delightful, witty and a shining pathway to bring us all home to a level play ground, or in Joan’s case the opportunity equalizer of a swim. To read […]
From Confessions’ Book Launch Party
My interview with Nin Andrews
Nin Andrews has interviewed me for CavanKerry’s blog. You can find it here: Part 1: Nin Andrews Interviews Joan Cusack Handler Part 2: Nin Andrews Interviews Joan Cusack Handler
Nin Andrews draws for Confessions
I’m delighted to share an illustration Nin Andrews made for Confessions.
Sunday Evening was Magical
Sunday evening was magical—(le) poisson rouge gallery bar was bursting with good friends, applause, and copies of Confessions everywhere. Thanks to Donna, my assistant, her husband Steve, and my sister Catherine (the same Catherine Joan so admired as a girl), the room was filled with tulips and … and not so subtle signs encouraging guests […]
Judi Hannan and (le) poisson rouge
I had the good fortune on Monday night to attend Judi Hannan’s splendid reading from her powerful memoir, Motherhood Exaggerated, at (le) poisson rouge on Bleecker St in NY. It was unusual for a literary event in that it also included music performance. Judi was joined by cellist, Sebastian Baverstam, performing the Kodaly Sonata for […]
Announcing a Birth
And so…Confessions has made her way into the world. In fact, I hold her in my hands this very moment. And as any quelling Mom would say of her newborn, she is beautiful; I am so happy and proud. Seeing one’s work in print is magical for a writer. Until the point of publication, the […]
Thrilled to announce the publication of “Confessions”
Confessions of Joan the Tall By Joan Cusack Handler Channeling the indelible voice of her 11-and-three-quarters year-old self, poet and psychologist Joan Cusack Handler travels back to her Irish-Catholic Bronx childhood, circa 1954, in her candid, poignant, and witty new memoir, CONFESSIONS OF JOAN THE TALL (CavanKerry Press; November 2012; $21.00). Told in a […]
Judith Hannan at (le) poisson rouge
Judi is an excellent writer and reader–this should be a lovely event . I hope you’ll be able to join us. -Joan Concert Artists Guild and LWC present: Words and Music with author Judith Hannan and cellist Sebastian Bäverstam Monday November 12th, 2012 THE GALLERY BAR AT LPR (le) poisson rouge 158 bleecker st Ticket […]
Praise for “Love in its Making”
In The Red Canoe: Love in Its Making Joan Handler brings both honesty and balance to the intricate world that is a marriage. Her means are consistently inventive as her lines enact feelings and thoughts. Her focus is unremitting as she makes the reader feel how much pain and glory can go into two people […]