Roberta Arnold writes about her mother, June Arnold, novelist and founder of Daughters, Inc. publishing company. Julia Penelope once said that June filled out a form stating her religion as âWomen,â and this was true. She was fierce in her devotion to the Womenâs Movement.Â
Susan Robinson writes about her then partner Betty Bird, and tells the story of how she and others began a system for recording feminist journals like *Sinister Wisdom* and distributing those recordings through services for the blind.
Maria Cristina Moroles, Ăguila (eagle), has lived at Santuario Arco Iris in the Ozark mountains since 1976. It is one of the few womenâs land communities in the United States founded by women of color. An Indigenous Mexican American curandera (healer), Ăguila turned this very, very rugged mountain land into a sanctuary for women and girls.
By E.R. Anderson, on behalf of Charis Books and More, and Charis Circle Shay Youngblood, novelist, playwright, artist, and poet, died on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, after an extended illness. She was surrounded by loved ones sending her to meet the ancestors. In the days since Shay has gone from this Earth, our Charis community has been longing for her to come back, and has sought sustenance in her words and in the words of all those whose lives she touched. Shay Youngblood was an epicurean of the heart, a writerâs writer, a generous gift-giver, a marvelous cook, and a cheerleader for everyoneâs wildest dreams. Shay got her start at Charis Books and More in Atlanta, Georgia (now located in Decatur, Georgia), at the Charis Circle Young Women Writers Group. âThe first evening Mama doesnât come back, I make a sandwich with leaves from her goodbye letter.I want to eat her words.â We are fortunate that we got to witness and celebrate the entire trajectory of her writing career that went from her first, pre-publication poetry reading at Charis Books and More in 1980 all the way to her picture book release …
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