It happened at every book talk. Someone would come up to me – sometimes a person I knew from long ago, often a stranger – to say, “This happened to me or to someone I love.” Readers who heard about the tour but couldn’t make their local event sent me emails or Facebook messages. One woman stopped me after total body conditioning class. We sweat together two or three times a week but barely know each other’s name. “I loved your novel,” she said. “My daughter was raped in college. At the time my … [Read more...]
Open Letter to Young Men Entering College
When my sons went to college, they worried about all sorts of things -- would they make friends, would they meet girls, would they be homesick, would they like their classes and would they do okay in them. They wondered about dorm food, having enough money and figuring out when they'd get sleep. They never worried about being accused of rape. I'd like to think that's because they had learned from me and their dad about respect for women. But I suspect they never thought about it. You … [Read more...]