Elayne CliftThe Mysterious Draw of Crime Drama During the Winter of Our DiscontentWinter 2022. Another season of isolation. Trips cancelled. Theater, museums, movies, restaurants now no-go zones. Closeted clothes…Feb 23, 2022Feb 23, 2022
Elayne CliftBuilding Better Calls for Bold Change“How Far Should Biden Go?” a recent piece in The Atlantic asked. The answer, in my opinion, is as far as he and his administration can…Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021
Elayne CliftA Vermont Community Helps Asylum Seekers One Family at a Time“They are not European immigrants celebrated at Ellis Island, but they are our continent’s immigrants, here, now. I don’t have a lamp, and…Oct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Elayne CliftEnablers, Collaborators, and a Mussolini MomentIt started with a ride down an escalator. And it’s been escalating ever since. From the first cries of rapists invading our country to dog…Oct 12, 2020Oct 12, 2020
Elayne CliftSurviving the Fire WithinSome of us have heartburn. Others feel nauseous or sick to their stomach. A few experience a chronic pain in the neck, while sleep escapes…Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020
Elayne CliftStanding Up to Sterilization, Eugenics & the Abuse of Women“Keep your hands off my uterus!” That’s an often-repeated placard and plea at women’s marches I’ve attended over the past forty years. In…Sep 18, 20201Sep 18, 20201
Elayne Clift“Where is the Poor People’s Voice?”That was a question put to a TV reporter by Rev. William J. Barber II after the Democratic National Convention last month. Barber, founder…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
Elayne CliftWill Burkhas Make a Comeback in Afghanistan or Can Women Prevail?Last May, when militants in Afghanistan killed new mothers and their babies in a Kabul maternity hospital, the world’s women shuddered…Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2020
Elayne CliftCall for contributions to anthologyCall for submissions! For poetry/prose chapbook or anthology, “A 21st Century Plague: Poetry and Prose of a Pandemic,” I am seeking…May 30, 2020May 30, 2020