I'm so excited to finally meet some of the 44 authors from all around the country whose powerful poetry and prose were selected for the anthology, Times They Were A-Changing: Women Remember the ’60s & ’70s. My memoir, "My People's Park," won 2nd prize in prose for the contest, and I will be reading from it at the Official Launch Party at Books Inc. in Berkeley, 1760 Fourth St., this Sunday, Sept. 29th.

Given the importance of those tumultuous times which blew the accepted topics of conversation wide open, this book is more than a trip down memory lane. It's an important contribution to understanding that era and how what happens today often refers back to it - as is my novel about Berkeley and Paris in 1968 entitled A Time to Cast Away Stones.

So, don your late 60s garb (if you are so-inclined) this Sunday, Sept. 29 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for the Official Launch Party for the anthology. Please join me and other contributing authors reading our eye-witness accounts from those life-changing times! Wine, cheese, light snacks. Raffle and book signings! Live music! Hosted by the editors: Kate Farrell, Linda Joy Myers, Amber Lea Starfire.

http://www.timestheywereachanging.com...