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Marcia Mayfield has returned to the same hotel on the Riviera every August for the last forty-two years.  There, she meets up with the one true love of her life, Charles DÁnjou, and they spend two weeks together despite the fact that each is married to someone else.  This summer, however, Marcia’s adult daughter shows up unannounced, and Marcia must juggle her efforts to help Carol choose her life’s path while trying to find a way to tell Charles she must finally end the affair.  Can Marcia keep her secret from Carol, and is the affair the only secret Marcia’s hiding?  What is the dark secret only Charles knows?

This play was a finalist in a number of competitions in 2013 & 2014, including the Ashland New Play Festival.  It was the winner at the Northeast Indiana Play Festival in 2014 and was given a full production run at the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre.  

Cast of 4: 2W/2M 
(3 Characters are aged 70+ and may be played by actors 50 and older.)

Col.lecció Teatre  Entreacte, AADPC (Associació d'Actors i Directors de Catalunya) no. 63, Barcelona, 2006

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Introduction by playwright Rosa Victòria Gras.

Textos A part, Teatre Contemporani, Arola Editors, Tarragona , 1ª edició, Març 2009.

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Introduction by Miquel Caminal, Director of the Democratic Memorial.

Her poem  Adelante  is included in this anthology

Published by Centro de Estudios Poéticos, Madrid 2009

Edired by Manuel López Rodríguez

Introduction by Jack Hirschmann.

Published by C.C. Marimbo, Berkeley, 2011

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Her poems Winter Flower and Ode to Oscar Grant Plaza are included in this anthology.

Jambu Press, Studio Saraswati, San Francisco, 2012

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Her poem Poema en Català pel Poble Hazara  was included in this anthology.

Her poems Llàgrimes de Sang, Frank Ogawa Plaza and Tapestry  are included in this anthology.

Kallatumba Press, San Francisco, 2013  Edited by Jack Hirschmann and Agneta Folk.

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The Moghul Saint of Insanity depicts the life of Aurangzeb, the sixth emperor of India.  His reign of tyranny tore the fabric of the Moghul Empire into shreds.  Learning too late of his follies of hatred and bigotry he prayed fervently for forgiveness on his deathbed.  The gist of this book can be summed up in his last letter to one of his sons:

Soul of my soul!  Now I am going alone.  I grieve for your helplessness.  But what is the use?  Every torment I have inflicted, every sin I have committed, every wrong I have done, I carry the consequence with me.  Strange that I came with nothing into this world, and now am going away with this stupendous caravan of sins.  Wherever I look I see only God.  I have greatly sinned and I know not what torment awaits me? 

With fundamentalism on the rise, this book would serve as a gong of warning for the would-be-suicide-bombers that zeal and violence would be the annihilation of their own factions if they continued the practice of hate, brutality and intolerance.  It would also be a learning tool for the young victims—educated by hateful mullahs, and hypocrites, to glean truth out of lies and to dispel ignorance.  Hoping that this book would set the tone of contemplation, touching the hearts of the clerics, religious leaders and leaders of the Islamic nations to raise their voices in unison against the ones involved in crimes of torturing and murdering innocent men, women and children!  May this book promote and nurture the gifts of compassion, learning and understanding.  

"LULU'S CHRISTMAS STORY-- A True Story of Faith and Hope During the Great Depression", published by Title Town Publishing, 2014.  Amazon.com is offering the kindle edition for $2.99 during May 2015, and extending the offer.  Already #1 in three non-fiction categories.  Also great reviews.  (Comments always welcome.)