What is the “Women’s” Vote?

By Suzanne Braun Levine

What is the “Women’s” Vote? by Suzanne Braun Levine For 72 years women marched and rallied and got arrested to win the vote. Throughout the campaign, one of the most persistent arguments against women’s suffrage was the assumption that female votes wouldn’t make any difference anyway, since women would vote for whomever their husbands or … Read More

The Backlash Against Women – She Saw it Coming

By Suzanne Braun Levine

by Suzanne Braun Levine FEMINIST THINKER SUSAN FALUDI COMES TO MILFORD November 8, 2016, was supposed to be the Women’s Movement’s finest hour. We gathered with our friends and daughters to celebrate the first woman president! By midnight we were crushed beyond words. The only solace was to remember how far women had come. Just … Read More

Alan Alda – The Science Guy

By Suzanne Braun Levine

by Suzanne Braun Levine Everyone knows Alan Alda – writer, director, actor. And it’s no surprise that he won Emmys in all three categories for his work on M*A*S*H, one of the most popular TV shows of all time, in which he played the beloved dyspeptic character Hawkeye Pierce. But it might surprise some to … Read More

My “Fierce” Friend, Robin Morgan

By Suzanne Braun Levine

By Suzanne Braun Levine Robin Morgan came into my life way before I met her. I must have been around nine, about the same age as Dagmar the youngest daughter on my favorite tv show, “I Remember Mama” about a Scandinavian immigrant family who lived on (I still remember the name) Steiner Street in San … Read More

Asante Steinem, and Berendt Together

By Suzanne Braun Levine

by Suzanne Braun Levine There will be a lot said about books at The Milford Theatre on Saturday, October 1. In keeping with the Festival’s mission of igniting conversations between those who love books and those who write them, the three authors, John Berendt, MK Asante, and Gloria Steinem, who are individually featured in the … Read More

The Milford Readers and Writers Festival: How It Got Started

By Suzanne Braun Levine

By Suzanne Braun Levine Like many good ideas, this one began with a “what if…” Sean Strub, Amy Ferris, Bob Levine, and I were discussing the many writers conferences we had each attended, how much advice, constructive criticism, and moral support they offered aspiring writers. “But what about the readers?” I wondered. “Why aren’t there … Read More