Quiet Mountain: New Feminist Essays
A Journal of Women's Writing
ISSN: 1557-8879
Quiet Mountain Essays
"Let Your Voice Be Heard!"
Quiet Mountain Essays
"Let Your Voice Be Heard!"
Quiet Mountain Essays (QME) was an e-journal that featured women's writing, news, and resources for women, which flourished from June 2003 to December 31, 2013. Unfortunately, when the site closed the pages disappeared as if the journal had never existed. This was a disservice to the talented writers and academics who contributed to the journal during its run. The journal's content can never be re-created; however, I would like to pay tribute here to its existence.
Important note and disclaimer: After I relinquished ownership of the popular Quiet Mountain Essays (QME) brand in 2014, others used the name to publish their own thoughts online. What comes up now under searches for the QME URL are not necessarily works from the original site or writings by (or representative of) the editor or the original writers. Fortunately, I discovered that WebArchive.org has preserved some of the original older QME site pages here. Warning: Be advised that all works captured in this form were copyrighted in the year of their publication and all rights still remain with the authors! Happy reading, and thank you for supporting QME's memory and WebArchive.
Important note and disclaimer: After I relinquished ownership of the popular Quiet Mountain Essays (QME) brand in 2014, others used the name to publish their own thoughts online. What comes up now under searches for the QME URL are not necessarily works from the original site or writings by (or representative of) the editor or the original writers. Fortunately, I discovered that WebArchive.org has preserved some of the original older QME site pages here. Warning: Be advised that all works captured in this form were copyrighted in the year of their publication and all rights still remain with the authors! Happy reading, and thank you for supporting QME's memory and WebArchive.
The following materials list is incomplete because I can no longer access files from my last two computers.
Only files that I have personally verified are listed here.
Only files that I have personally verified are listed here.
QME Essays, Papers, Poetry, Interviews & Reviews
Last Issue: Fall 2013
The Art of Reason and Treason at Rabaa Mosque - Dr. Lamya Ramadan
Road of Dreams - Juana M. Ortiz
Discussing Pain and Pleasure with Andrea Dworkinn - Judith K. Witherow
Celebrating Change - Suzanne Sunshower
INTERVIEW - Pamela Kingfisher: Cherokee Activist for Food Sovereignty and Reproductive Justice
Summer 2013
Antithetically Dissident Female Sexualities in Henrik Ibsen’s
A Doll’s House and The Lady from the Sea - Shailendra Kumar Singh
Searching for a Tongue of One’s Own: Reading the Poetry of Sujata Bhatt - Sutapa Chaudhuri, PhD
The Courage to Let Go - Shane Blake
POETRY - Shane A. Blake, Debra Monte, Timothy M. Taylor, Dustin Devlin
INTERVIEW - Dr. Carla Dove: Director of the Smithsonian Feather Identification Lab
Spring 2013
U.S. Women in Combat - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Parameters of Ethical Egoism* - Gwendolyn Dolske, PhD
Talking to Strangers - Suzanne Sunshower
INTERVIEW - Erin Shanley: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
New Year 2013
Marriage, Work, and Women in Japan - Yukiko Inoue-Smith, Ph.D.
Marriage and Family: Changing Gender Roles - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
INTERVIEW - Harriet Schaeffer: South Dakota Herbalist and Dust Bowl survivor
Fall 2012
Look Into the Mirror - Nilofar Ansher
Still Not Modern Enough? - Lisa Pradhan
Brisket - J. Lang Wood
REVIEW - Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats (book)
by Kristen Iversen - Suzanne Sunshower
Summer 2012
Trauma Effects and Intervention for Trauma Specialists - Julia Mutambara
The Angry Man and the Oppressed Woman: A Feminist Reading of John Osborne’s
Look Back in Anger - Deeptangshu Das
Enhancing 'Employer of Choice' Status Through Human Resource Management Practices:
Lessons for Public Service in Zimbabwe - Mildred Mahapa
POETRY - Debra Monte, Garland R. Gregory, Jr, Timothy M. Taylor, Judith K. Witherow,
Terri L. DuBray, Brianna Eckman, Tammy Kvasnicka
INTERVIEW - Alana I. Capria: Author of Organ Meat, Killing Me
REVIEW - Organ Meat, Killing Me (poetry book) by Alana I. Capria - Suzanne Sunshower
Anniversary 2012
“This Is Chaos”: A Miraculous Awakening of a Nation Upon Being Inspired by the Film Arts
- Lamya Ramadan, PhD
QME Times Ten Years - Judith K. Witherow
Halfway - Suzanne Sunshower
INTERVIEW - (anonymous) Two Senior-Ranking Naval Officers Remember “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
REVIEW - Purgatory (poetry book) by Amelia Martens - Suzanne Sunshower
Spring 2012
Gender Issues in Some Shona Traditional Marriage Custom: An Africana Womanist Perspective
- Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga & Godwin Makaudze
True North - Pauline Danforth
The Solo Journey - Lisa Barfield
Being Thankful for This Life - LisaMarie Berger
INTERVIEW - Claudette Sabor: Native American movie star
REVIEW - When the Dust Finally Settles (book) by Kat Meads - Kara Vehar
New Year 2012
Honor Crimes and Identity of Women in Pakistan: In context of Mukhtar Mai
"In the Name of Honor" (2006) - Namrata Parmar
The "Arab Spring": Changing Political Climate for Women? - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Giving Away My Lucy Dress - Dena Baris
INTERVIEW - Kira LeCompte: American Indian suicide prevention counselor
Fall 2011
A Hymn to Adultery: Female Transgression and the House Metaphor in Diane Johnson’s
Le Mariage (2000) - Zoly Rakotoniera
Meeting My Father Again - Juana Ortiz
Women and New Reproductive Technologies: Blessing and Curse - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Trekking for Trees - Lisa Cooper
INTERVIEW - Dr. Beth Boyd, PhD Psychology: Disaster Mental Health Team
and past president Ethnic Minorities (APA Div. 45)
Summer 2011
Figure of the Female Artist in Virginia Woolf's Fiction - Deeptanshu Das
New ITCs, Women, and the "Arab Spring" - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Rethinking Darwinian Development Paradigms of Patriarchy
- Irene Omolola Adadevoh
INTERVIEW (e-chat) - Response to "Women and Arab Spring" Discussion with Dr. Lamya Ramadan
INTERVIEW - Sandra Kolankiewicz, PhD: Award winning author
REVIEW - The Hunger Games (book) by Suzanne Collins - Gwendolyn Dolske
REVIEW - Saint Monica (poetry book) by Mary Biddinger - Suzanne Sunshower
Anniversary 2011
The Journey Back: Images of Africa, Africanism and Motherhood in Toni Morrison
and Alice Walker’s Literature - Josephine Kipgen
Haitian Women and Girls Endure Camp Violence - letter from Amnesty International USA
REVIEW - Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones (book) by Wenona Giles and
Jennifer Hyndman - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, Ph
Spring 2011
The Textile Factory - Judith K. Witherow
Mom, You Were Flirting! - Rosemary Wild
When I Was a Junco Mom - Cindy Bellinger
New Year 2011
Woman's Work - Dr. Shalini Bhargava
“Imra’taan”: A Contemporary Arab Production of Oscar Wilde’s Play “Lady Windermere’s Fan"
- Dr. Lamya Ramadan
2010 Whirlwind Workshop Tour: Prison Outreach [Poetry] Project report - Suzanne Sunshower
There’s No Such thing as Passing, if Everyone Knows You’re Straight - Autumn Elizabeth
REVIEW - Perishables (stories) by Tina Egnoski - Suzanne Sunshower
Fall 2010
Passion for Purity - Terry Cox-Joseph
For God's Sake - Suzanne Berndt Williams
My Childhood - Juana M. Ortiz
INTERVIEW - Sally Brunk: Ojibwa-Lac du Flambeau (Bear clan) storyteller, poet and writer
Summer 2010
POETRY - Sally Brunk, Aria Dammons, Jabiya Dragonsu, John Probert
INTERVIEW - Sunny Singh: Author as a Citizen of the Global Village - Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal
Anniversary 2010
My Grandmother's Whiskers - Noel C. Sundheimer
Gender, HIV/AIDS and Stigma: Understanding Prejudice Against Women Living with HIV/AIDS
- Tshipinare Marumo
Bed Bye - Michelle Fillipini
REVIEW - Turning Inside Out (poetry book) by Sandra Kolankiewicz
Spring 2010
Medals for Military Sexual Trauma: A Proposal - Carolyn Gage
From Inner Dwarf to Royal Child: Creativity and Emotional Maturity in Rumpelstiltskin
and May Sarton - Brigitte Goetze
A Blessing - Claire Ibarra
Why I Hate the Movie "Twilight" - Alison Happel
REVIEW - Pulleys & Locomotion (poetry book) by Rachel Galvin - Charles Luden
New Year 2010
H. D.’s “Palimpsest”: A Feminist Historiography of Dissent - Maitrayee Roychoudhury
How Thick Does My Skin Need To Be? - Michelle Barclay
The Leap - Are You Ready to Live a New Reality? (book) by Constance Kellough - Suzanne Sunshower
Summer 2009
Passage - Ona Gritz
This Alone is Life - Dr. Asha Choubey
The Lure of Autumn - Brenda Maddaluna
POETRY - Mia Tryst, Judith K. Witherow, Debra Monte, Frieda Groffy, Shane Blake, Suzy Nolan,
Vincent Leo, jabiya Dragonsun, Charles Luden
REVIEW - The Narcoleptic Yard (poetry book) by Charity Ketz - Suzanne Sunshower
Fall 2009
REVIEW - Little Pockets of Alarm (stories) by Kat Meads - Suzanne Sunshower
Last Issue: Fall 2013
The Art of Reason and Treason at Rabaa Mosque - Dr. Lamya Ramadan
Road of Dreams - Juana M. Ortiz
Discussing Pain and Pleasure with Andrea Dworkinn - Judith K. Witherow
Celebrating Change - Suzanne Sunshower
INTERVIEW - Pamela Kingfisher: Cherokee Activist for Food Sovereignty and Reproductive Justice
Summer 2013
Antithetically Dissident Female Sexualities in Henrik Ibsen’s
A Doll’s House and The Lady from the Sea - Shailendra Kumar Singh
Searching for a Tongue of One’s Own: Reading the Poetry of Sujata Bhatt - Sutapa Chaudhuri, PhD
The Courage to Let Go - Shane Blake
POETRY - Shane A. Blake, Debra Monte, Timothy M. Taylor, Dustin Devlin
INTERVIEW - Dr. Carla Dove: Director of the Smithsonian Feather Identification Lab
Spring 2013
U.S. Women in Combat - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Parameters of Ethical Egoism* - Gwendolyn Dolske, PhD
Talking to Strangers - Suzanne Sunshower
INTERVIEW - Erin Shanley: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney
New Year 2013
Marriage, Work, and Women in Japan - Yukiko Inoue-Smith, Ph.D.
Marriage and Family: Changing Gender Roles - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
INTERVIEW - Harriet Schaeffer: South Dakota Herbalist and Dust Bowl survivor
Fall 2012
Look Into the Mirror - Nilofar Ansher
Still Not Modern Enough? - Lisa Pradhan
Brisket - J. Lang Wood
REVIEW - Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats (book)
by Kristen Iversen - Suzanne Sunshower
Summer 2012
Trauma Effects and Intervention for Trauma Specialists - Julia Mutambara
The Angry Man and the Oppressed Woman: A Feminist Reading of John Osborne’s
Look Back in Anger - Deeptangshu Das
Enhancing 'Employer of Choice' Status Through Human Resource Management Practices:
Lessons for Public Service in Zimbabwe - Mildred Mahapa
POETRY - Debra Monte, Garland R. Gregory, Jr, Timothy M. Taylor, Judith K. Witherow,
Terri L. DuBray, Brianna Eckman, Tammy Kvasnicka
INTERVIEW - Alana I. Capria: Author of Organ Meat, Killing Me
REVIEW - Organ Meat, Killing Me (poetry book) by Alana I. Capria - Suzanne Sunshower
Anniversary 2012
“This Is Chaos”: A Miraculous Awakening of a Nation Upon Being Inspired by the Film Arts
- Lamya Ramadan, PhD
QME Times Ten Years - Judith K. Witherow
Halfway - Suzanne Sunshower
INTERVIEW - (anonymous) Two Senior-Ranking Naval Officers Remember “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
REVIEW - Purgatory (poetry book) by Amelia Martens - Suzanne Sunshower
Spring 2012
Gender Issues in Some Shona Traditional Marriage Custom: An Africana Womanist Perspective
- Enna Sukutai Gudhlanga & Godwin Makaudze
True North - Pauline Danforth
The Solo Journey - Lisa Barfield
Being Thankful for This Life - LisaMarie Berger
INTERVIEW - Claudette Sabor: Native American movie star
REVIEW - When the Dust Finally Settles (book) by Kat Meads - Kara Vehar
New Year 2012
Honor Crimes and Identity of Women in Pakistan: In context of Mukhtar Mai
"In the Name of Honor" (2006) - Namrata Parmar
The "Arab Spring": Changing Political Climate for Women? - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Giving Away My Lucy Dress - Dena Baris
INTERVIEW - Kira LeCompte: American Indian suicide prevention counselor
Fall 2011
A Hymn to Adultery: Female Transgression and the House Metaphor in Diane Johnson’s
Le Mariage (2000) - Zoly Rakotoniera
Meeting My Father Again - Juana Ortiz
Women and New Reproductive Technologies: Blessing and Curse - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Trekking for Trees - Lisa Cooper
INTERVIEW - Dr. Beth Boyd, PhD Psychology: Disaster Mental Health Team
and past president Ethnic Minorities (APA Div. 45)
Summer 2011
Figure of the Female Artist in Virginia Woolf's Fiction - Deeptanshu Das
New ITCs, Women, and the "Arab Spring" - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, PhD
Rethinking Darwinian Development Paradigms of Patriarchy
- Irene Omolola Adadevoh
INTERVIEW (e-chat) - Response to "Women and Arab Spring" Discussion with Dr. Lamya Ramadan
INTERVIEW - Sandra Kolankiewicz, PhD: Award winning author
REVIEW - The Hunger Games (book) by Suzanne Collins - Gwendolyn Dolske
REVIEW - Saint Monica (poetry book) by Mary Biddinger - Suzanne Sunshower
Anniversary 2011
The Journey Back: Images of Africa, Africanism and Motherhood in Toni Morrison
and Alice Walker’s Literature - Josephine Kipgen
Haitian Women and Girls Endure Camp Violence - letter from Amnesty International USA
REVIEW - Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones (book) by Wenona Giles and
Jennifer Hyndman - Chineze J. Onyejekwe, Ph
Spring 2011
The Textile Factory - Judith K. Witherow
Mom, You Were Flirting! - Rosemary Wild
When I Was a Junco Mom - Cindy Bellinger
New Year 2011
Woman's Work - Dr. Shalini Bhargava
“Imra’taan”: A Contemporary Arab Production of Oscar Wilde’s Play “Lady Windermere’s Fan"
- Dr. Lamya Ramadan
2010 Whirlwind Workshop Tour: Prison Outreach [Poetry] Project report - Suzanne Sunshower
There’s No Such thing as Passing, if Everyone Knows You’re Straight - Autumn Elizabeth
REVIEW - Perishables (stories) by Tina Egnoski - Suzanne Sunshower
Fall 2010
Passion for Purity - Terry Cox-Joseph
For God's Sake - Suzanne Berndt Williams
My Childhood - Juana M. Ortiz
INTERVIEW - Sally Brunk: Ojibwa-Lac du Flambeau (Bear clan) storyteller, poet and writer
Summer 2010
POETRY - Sally Brunk, Aria Dammons, Jabiya Dragonsu, John Probert
INTERVIEW - Sunny Singh: Author as a Citizen of the Global Village - Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal
Anniversary 2010
My Grandmother's Whiskers - Noel C. Sundheimer
Gender, HIV/AIDS and Stigma: Understanding Prejudice Against Women Living with HIV/AIDS
- Tshipinare Marumo
Bed Bye - Michelle Fillipini
REVIEW - Turning Inside Out (poetry book) by Sandra Kolankiewicz
Spring 2010
Medals for Military Sexual Trauma: A Proposal - Carolyn Gage
From Inner Dwarf to Royal Child: Creativity and Emotional Maturity in Rumpelstiltskin
and May Sarton - Brigitte Goetze
A Blessing - Claire Ibarra
Why I Hate the Movie "Twilight" - Alison Happel
REVIEW - Pulleys & Locomotion (poetry book) by Rachel Galvin - Charles Luden
New Year 2010
H. D.’s “Palimpsest”: A Feminist Historiography of Dissent - Maitrayee Roychoudhury
How Thick Does My Skin Need To Be? - Michelle Barclay
The Leap - Are You Ready to Live a New Reality? (book) by Constance Kellough - Suzanne Sunshower
Summer 2009
Passage - Ona Gritz
This Alone is Life - Dr. Asha Choubey
The Lure of Autumn - Brenda Maddaluna
POETRY - Mia Tryst, Judith K. Witherow, Debra Monte, Frieda Groffy, Shane Blake, Suzy Nolan,
Vincent Leo, jabiya Dragonsun, Charles Luden
REVIEW - The Narcoleptic Yard (poetry book) by Charity Ketz - Suzanne Sunshower
Fall 2009
REVIEW - Little Pockets of Alarm (stories) by Kat Meads - Suzanne Sunshower
