Catherine Gigante-Brown

erotic. intimate. unapologetic.

I sat obediently in her chair atop four ancient copies of the Yellow Pages. Crossing my fingers, I prayed Catholic schoolgirl prayers.

At the New York City release party for Dayna Kurtz’ latest, Rise and Fall, my friend Nadia leaned over to me and whispered, “Why the fuck

Mindel and Maria were young teenagers when the horrors occurred—but they remembered the tiniest details with crystal-clear intensity.

I saw my present mother-in-law in a whole new light the first time she held my newborn son.

My husband and I agreed: raising a child with an independent spirit who made decisions for himself was a good thing.

TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) has been around for at least five centuries –– there’s got to be something to it.

“It’s almost as though this niche was patiently waiting for us to find it.”

I know it’s not a politically correct one, but I’ve got a confession to make: earth-friendly hotels stink. There, I said it.

The hell with his elaborate metaphors and rhetorical phrases. Iambic pentameter is cruel and unusual punishment.