At a spate of standing-room only readings, Unmasked: Women Write about Sex and Intimacy After 50 kicked off beautiful conversations with audiences in Taos, Santa Fe, Boulder, and Oakland this fall. Questions raised by men and women ranged from, “How exactly do we find and meet and revere one another?” to “Keep the stories coming! Can we find our way to the unscripted stories for lovers over 70?” Discussion focused on ways we can foster avenues for intimacy and how we can arri

Episode #2 of the podcast Girl Talk: Women, Aging and Sexuality is here! Join host Marcia Meier and her guest Eva Haller as Haller discusses sex and intimacy in her eighties, and how important it is to remember that it's always about love. Haller is a social, educational, and environmental philanthropist and social justice champion, who contributed an essay to the award-winning anthology Unmasked Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty. Listen to the captivating episod

Marcia Meier, publisher of Weeping Willow Books, has a new podcast: Girl Talk: Women, Aging, and Sexuality. The episodes will feature discussions on women, aging, relationships, health and a host of other related topics with writers, academics, physicians and other experts. In the inaugural podcast, Marcia chats with psychotherapist Kathleen A. Barry about the perils and joys of online dating when you're a single woman over fifty. Listen to it below: The inspiration for this

They say “sex sells,” but this evening gave the phrase a deeper meaning. The premier “Unmasked LIVE” show at Center State Theater in Santa Barbara on February 15, 2018, was a sold-out success. It was a refreshing, vulnerable evening of women over fifty reading selections of work from the anthology, Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty. Creating a safe space in the public sphere for the diversity of these women’s experiences and emotions made this show such

The first book signings and readings for Unmasked: Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty were hosted at Writers Ink in San Diego and at Carr Winery in Santa Barbara this month, and what a celebration it was! A celebration of the power and honesty of women's voices and experiences. A celebration of sex and intimacy. A celebration of a demographic and topic that often goes unnoticed. The turnout at both events was strong, revealing the public interest in engaging with

Contact: Marcia Meier, Publisher Weeping Willow Books info@weepingwillowbooks.com New Book Sheds Light on​​“Sex After 50” “Unmasked” essays, poetry from women writers over 50 spotlight “The Invisible Woman” SANTA BARBARA (CA) – “Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty,” is already raising eyebrows and awareness across the country. “Sex for women after 50 is invisible for the same reason that contraception, abortion, and sex between two women or two men has