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Guenevere
Looking for Guenevere is a one–act play in three scenes that retells Arthurian legend from a woman’s perspective. The characters are two contemporary women who, over the course of an evening, embark on an imaginative search for the “real” Queen of Camelot. Beginning with reminiscences of their first encounters with Arthurian myth, they begin to…
Reviews
On the poetry collection, Orpheus in the Park: Current News (updated 1/28/08): A new review of Orpheus in the Park by poet Alex McRae has just appeared on Eyewear, a London–based review of literature, film, and music. McRae writes, “The poems in this collection . . . find ordinary human motivations within ancient myths, and…
Fiction
Inspired by research she undertook into the lives of medieval women mystics, Rose’s first novel, A Secret Woman, is forthcoming in April 2012. The book interweaves two narratives, one of a contemporary woman artist, a painter, and one of the story she uncovers – that of a 12th century British woman mystic whose history is…
Poetry
As my first poetry collection, Difficult Weather, is going into a second edition in 2012, I thought I’d take a look back at a couple of poems from that book. The prose poem “Chicken Fights” is one of the most frequent requests when I give readings. And “December 25” – well, a it’s a holiday…
Schedule
Readings and Talks: READINGS AND APPEARANCES, 2013: Rose will be reading from her first novel, A Secret Woman, in the U.S. and U.K. this year. Upcoming appearances include the Kensington Day of the Book, April 21, and the Baltimore Book Festival, Setember 28. Teaching: Rose is currently taking a break from formal teaching,…