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"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open." ~ Muriel Rukeyser 

Book Reviews

The Myth of the Uterus: Shaping Women's Bodies
Author: Melissa F. Crown:

Who Am I.....?

I am a clinical social worker practicing Family therapy for 28 years and I have a passion for writing.
Bari Ecker, Randolph, NJ

I write to find out what I really think and feel (my journal); I write to share and memorialize emotions, wonder and soul trips (my poetry); I write to exercise my imagination and courage (my fiction).
— Mary Karen Burke, Mohegan Lake, NY

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NETWORK JOURNAL
Subscription to the IWWG's 32-page Network published four times a year. Each issue offers: Hundreds of contest, award and publication opportunities. News of publications by members. Information about regional events, clusters and Kitchen Table writing groups. Coverage of environmental and health related issues, Profiles of individual members. A calendar of member-sponsored events, and more.

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AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE
The IWWG offers comprehensive and cost-effective medical and hospital health insurance coverage to members in the five boroughs of New York City through Atlantis Health. Office visits are available at no co-payment to members. Atlantis is the only health insurance company in New York City owned and operated by physicians. For more information, call IWWG at (212) 737-7536. We hope this is the beginning of IWWG's being able to offer health insurance to all our members regardless of where they reside.

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Contact Beth Tani, the IWWG's health Insurance Benefits Coordinator: Phone (888) 499-4669; email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; CSS website: www.cassadmin.com

AGENT LIST
A frequently updated list of literary agents (who welcome queries from Guild members) and independent small presses, as well as a variety of writing services described by their specialties. Hundreds of books have been published by IWWG members who found their agents on the Agent List and/or at the IWWG's Big Apple Workshop's Open House: Meet the Agents held twice-a-year in New York City.

REDUCED FEES FOR IWWG EVENTS
Reduced Conference/Workshop Fees to at least eight major writing events held every year in various parts of the U.S., including "Remember the Magic," the annual weeklong summer writing conference at Brown University attended by some 400 women. 

REGIONAL ACTIVITIES
Participation in Kitchen Tables and Regional Clusters that bring together women who live near each other and enjoy reading aloud their writing and lovingly critiquing each other's work. 

PRISON PROJECT
Members correspond with female inmates and/or teach writing workshops.

UNITED NATIONS LIAISON
IWWG is an official non-governmental organization (NGO) with consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

THE SOPHIA SMITH COLLECTION The foremost women's history collection at Smith College is the IWWG's archival home. (http://libraries.smith.edu/ssc/)