Coworking spaces for writers typically have only as many members as they desk, but in a city like San Francisco, where rents are extremely high, small and…
Wendy Voorsanger, Cal Poly grad and author of the award-winning novel,
Prospects of a Woman talks with correspondent Tom Wilmer. Voorsanger shares insights about the book, and her work chronicling exceptional women throughout California s history featured on her blog She is California.
Among the numerous rave reviews of Prospects of a Woman, Janis Cooke Newman, author of
Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln wrote: “I loved this surprisingly feminist story of Gold Rush–era California! Elisabeth Parker is a heroine to fall in love with―plucky, sensuous, courageous, and clear-eyed. It is a rare and unusual pleasure to―finally―have a narrative of the Gold Rush told from a woman’s point of view.”
Vanessa Hua March 11, 2021Updated: March 11, 2021, 12:19 pm
Clarence Martin helps load a box of food into a client’s car during his volunteer shift at Faith Food Fridays, a local distribution partner of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties, in Vallejo. Photo: Brittany Hosea-Small, Special to The Chronicle
Pia Chatterjee started by lending a hand to her neighbors, older Filipinos in a multigenerational home that includes a grandmother in fragile health, who weren’t tech-savvy and lacked information about vaccine distribution.
After she booked coronavirus vaccine appointments for them, the San Francisco writer helped a handful of teachers at her son’s school. Now she gets a few emails a day from those seeking appointments.