Interviewing Award Winning Author, Jessica Mann, & Her Latest “Uplift”-Another Award Winner!
April 21, 2025
1. What inspired you to write the book? I’m both a writer and a naturalist, and I wanted to embrace my love for animals and nature in a new novel. Ecofiction is a growing genre, but as I looked around, I noticed that the narrators and central characters were still mostlypeople. Why do all stories have to be told from a human point of view, I wondered. There are plenty of other sentient, thinking and feeling beings in the world with stories to tell. Would people pay attention or […]
Interview: Sherri Rosen & Author, Stephanie Woodman, & her new book for our times “Eye Contact Over Truk”
September 17, 2024
Sherri Rosen: Stephanie, what was your inspiration for the story? Stephanie Woodman: In 1996, I had the profound experience of scuba diving in Truk Lagoon—now called Chuuk, in Micronesia. It was a significant Japanese naval base during WWII, often referred to as Japan’s Pearl Harbor. I was initially unaware of its historical weight, but on my first […]
