Alice Wilson-Fried's Blog

• Of the people, By the peole and For the people:Community Organizing

  September 4, 2008

  • Hello, everyone,There is so much going on these days, i.e. bad weather, the history-making Obama nomination and acceptance speech.  So many topics I'm concerned about--food shortages, human trafficing, New Orleans, my hometown, under siege by hurricanes and racists.  So many events that have touched me, especially the writer in me.  But last night, listening to the second woman American VP ...
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• The Head and Heart of the Matter

  July 7, 2008

  • The other day, my 8-year old granddaughter, Emma Jean asked why was I so gung ho for Obama.  "I thought you said its time for a woman to be president," she told me.Should I tell Emma, I wondered, that even though Black women were on the front lines of suffrage (Sojourner Truth) and civil rights, (Rosa Parks) that there are more  Black women living in poverty, earning ...
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• Storytelling is All That

  June 10, 2008

  • Call this a rant, flubber, whatever.  To me, it's the best way I have of expressing myself.  And for some reason, I feel the need to express myself today.  Of all places, while reading blog entries on MSNBC's political sound-off page, I was reminded of the absolute importance of storytelling.  Some contributors were angry, sexist, racist or, unfortunately, all three.  Usually, after ...
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• Add to the Mix: OUTSIDE CHILD and New Orleans' rich, colorful literary history

  June 2, 2008

  • Guess what!?  My book, OUTSIDE CHILD: A Novel of Murder and New Orleans, has won an award.  Yeah! It was awarded the IPPY Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction.  And it was a Finalist in the Mystery/Suspense category as well as the Best Regional Fiction (South) category in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards contest.As a black writer, too often our books are placed in the ...
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• She Reminds Me of Hillary!

  April 21, 2008

  • It's been awhile, I know.  So long, I had to create a new password.  But, I tell you, arousing public interest in a book is the most time-consuming, tiring mind/body experience there is.  Leaves hardly any energy to just hang out, even on the internet.  But after what happened at not one, but two meetings I've had with book clubs this past month, I wanted to share with other writers, who ...
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• I'm Back

  March 7, 2008

  • Hello, Everyone.  As promised, here is a report from my recent New Orleans trip.  With regard to my book, OUTSIDE CHILD (OC), set in modern, pre-Katrina New Orleans, I have to say things went well.  I did readings at Tulane and Dillard Universities.  A really awesome experience.  Especially at Dillard, in that I shared the stage with three other phenominal Black, New Orleans born and raised ...
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• Mysteries vs. History; Why I Wrote a Mystery

  February 14, 2008

  • Hello, Everyone.  Nice to meet you.  I've written a novel, OUTSIDE CHILD, (OC), set in modern New Orleans, pre-Katrina.  It is the first of three.  The second and third to take place during and post Katrina.  OC is one of only a few books written about the city by a Black native.   One question I get asked a lot is why did I write a mystery?  My answer:  Katrina exposed a New ...
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