{"id":8,"date":"2013-11-19T02:15:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T02:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2020-12-06T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T23:23:28","slug":"eileen-cronin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lara Lillibridge interviews Eileen for <strong><em>hippocampus magazine<\/em><\/strong>, an online publication dedicated to creative non-fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check it out <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hippocampusmagazine.com\/2020\/12\/interview-eileen-cronin-author-of-mermaid\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HM-logo-banner-21-sm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-642\" width=\"321\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HM-logo-banner-21-sm.png 864w, http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HM-logo-banner-21-sm-300x75.png 300w, http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/HM-logo-banner-21-sm-768x192.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<br><p><span style=\"color: #d97d36;\"><h1>Read Eileen&#8217;s challenging new piece in The Writer&#8217;s Chronicle on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/magazine_media\/writers_chronicle_view\/4718\/what_we_dont_talk_about_when_we_talk_about_identity\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> What We Don&#8217;t Talk About When We Talk About Identity<\/a>.<\/h1><\/span><\/p><\/br>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CraftingSurvivalStories.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CraftingSurvivalStories-300x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CraftingSurvivalStories-300x177.png 300w, http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/CraftingSurvivalStories.png 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #d97d36;\">UCLA Extension is offering a free one-day workshop taught by Eileen on July 18 from 10am to 1pm.\u00a0 Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uclaextension.edu\/writing-journalism\/creative-writing\/course\/crafting-survival-stories-one-day-workshop-writing-7626e\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span> for details. If you are too late to sign up, Eileen is teaching a ten-week course in the fall and another one-day workshop on October 10.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>AWP is excited to announce<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AWP20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AWP20<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>a featured event, &#8220;Disability\u2019s Influence on Literature: Realism as a Craft Concept&#8221; with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mchertock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Mchertock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CroninMermaid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CroninMermaid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesTateHill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JamesTateHill<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tkdalton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tkdalton<\/a>. See this phenomenal group in San Antonio on 3\/7 from 12:10 to 1:25 p.m! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEzlqWeBFx\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LEzlqWeBFx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/laJPqMd5rm\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/laJPqMd5rm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AWP (@awpwriter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awpwriter\/status\/1223029388796682240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Eileen Cronin Interview &#8211; UCLA Extension Writers Program<\/h2>\n<p>UCLA Extension interviews Eileen as she joins the program. She will be teaching a 10 week memoir course next year. For the interview and more details about the course, see <a href=\"https:\/\/writers.uclaextension.edu\/2019\/12\/03\/instructor-interview-eileen-cronin\/\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Instructor Interview: Eileen Cronin. <\/em> <\/a> The course starts January 16, 2020 and runs through March 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Writers Resist &#8211; Los Angeles<\/h2>\n<p>Eileen participated in the third annual &#8220;Writers Resist&#8221; event this January at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice California. Go here to learn more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/event\/writers-resist-los-angeles\/\"><br \/>The reading was sponsored by <strong>ACLU SoCal<\/strong> and <strong>PEN America<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/event\/writers-resist-los-angeles\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><br \/>Eileen is featured on the website for the <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semel.ucla.edu\/nadc\/artist\/story\/eileen-cronins-story\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> National Arts &amp; Disability Center <\/a>, a program of the<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semel.ucla.edu\/\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience.<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Roar Shack Reading Series<\/h1>\n<p>presents &#8220;It&#8217;s For You&#8221; on Sunday, April 8 in beautiful Echo Park! Join us for an incredible lineup of lit talent, including Eric Howard, Eileen Cronin, Daniel Olivas, Anne Rieman, John Balma, last month&#8217;s Live Write winner Maggie Waz, and Taaji Rauf! You don&#8217;t want to miss it! <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/events\/181826885956141\/?active_tab=about\/\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More details here!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Echo Park Time Travel Mart<br \/>1714 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90026<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3-27-2018-8-26-57-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Eileen&#8217;s screenplay <em>A Motion Away<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>is a finalist in the <a href=\"http:\/\/sfindie.com\/screenplay-finalists-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Indiefest contest<\/a>.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><br \/>Read Eileen&#8217;s latest essay in Truthdig:<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:www.truthdig.com\/articles\/39-million-reasons-know-us\/\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">39 Million Reasons To Know Us.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Hobbling the Leader<\/h1>\n<p>Eileen&#8217;s latest essay on teaching memoir is published in<\/p>\n<h2>Vida: Women in Literary Arts<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vidaweb.org\/hobbling-the-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;It&#8217;s rare when the disabled writer is invited to teach in a workshop.&#8221;<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Body of Work: Exploring Disability, Creativity, and Inclusivity<\/h1>\n<p>Eileen will moderate a panel on disability and writing at this year&#8217;s Associated Writing Programs meeting in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 10, 2017 at 10:30 AM. Room 203AB, Washington Convention Center, Level Two.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the event at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/awp_conference\/event_detail\/9512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AWP Conference Schedule<\/a>. Panelists include Sheila Black, T.K. Dalton, Anne Finger, and Laurie Lindeen.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>&#8220;NO Limits&#8221; A Film by John Zaritsky coming soon to CBC&#8217;s Documentary Channel<\/h1>\n<p>Find out more about a new documentary film on the thalidomide story, and Eileen&#8217;s story in the film <a href=\"http:\/\/thalidomidestory.com\/story\/thalidomide-stories\/thalidomiders\/eileen-cronin\/eileen-cronin-bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a> No Limits is now available to subscribers of Prime Video on Amazon.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Truthdig article on police shootings goes live<\/h1>\n<p>Read Eileen&#8217;s new article on police shootings and the disability community <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/disability_community_news_conversations_on_police_brutality_20161017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Eileen reads her work at <i>The Last Bookstore<\/i> in downtown LA.<\/h1>\n<p>This event is part of the <i>Angels Flight * Literary West<\/i> magazine launch. For more details, read the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastbookstorela.com\/events\/angels-flight-%E2%80%A2-literary-west-reading-launch-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press announcement here.<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Read Eileen&#8217;s new piece on the Presidential Campaign and Disability Rights. Truthdig: Digging beneath the headlines.<\/h4>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/articles\/hillary-clinton-should-push-hard-for-disability-civil-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hillary Clinton Should Push Hard for Disability Civil Rights.<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Eileen Cronin participates in the AWP conference in Los Angeles<\/h1>\n<p>on April 1, 2016 with Cheryl Strayed, Leigh Stein, and Laurie Lindeen in a session on memoir writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/awp_conference\/event_detail\/7201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You Don&#8217;t Know Me at All: The Creation of Self as Protagonist in Memoir<\/a>. The Associated Writing Programs conference will be held at the Los Angeles Convention center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Eileen Cronin at BINDERCON Los Angeles,<\/h1>\n<p>March 19 and 20, 2016 at UCLA (and online). See more about her session <a href=\"http:\/\/la.bindercon.com\/session\/writing-without-pity-disability-illness-and-our-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> which takes place on Saturday, March 19, at 3:30 PM (Palisades room in Carnesale Commons).<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/la.bindercon.com\/session\/writing-without-pity-disability-illness-and-our-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eileen Cronin appears at the <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/booksbythebanks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Books by the Banks<\/a> book festival in Cincinnati Ohio<\/h1>\n<p>Come by room 206 at 10:00 AM, October 17th, at the Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm Street, Cincinnati Ohio.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SX8EZ3CRIlI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eileen Cronin talks with Amy Tan<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>about <strong><em>Mermaid<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>From the Northern California Regional Organization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2015 annual meeting in San Jose.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Eileen Cronin on <em>Tell Me Everything<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>Eileen tells John Fugelsang almost everything on SiriusXM Radio.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/M1Iw0vvNas\">http:\/\/t.co\/M1Iw0vvNas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFugelsang\">@JohnFugelsang<\/a> thank you for a lovely, open-minded, and humorous interview on Tell Me Everything today. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bigfan?src=hash\">#bigfan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eileen Cronin (@CroninMermaid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CroninMermaid\/status\/568509253951950848\">February 19, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>The Jury is In: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/book\/Best-Memoirs-Mermaid-A-Memoir-of-Resilience?editors_pick_id=54965&amp;c=2#ixzz3LtTLTA6u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> the editors at Oprah Magazine pick Mermaid as one of the funniest, smartest, just plain truest true stories of the year. <\/a><\/h1>\n<h3>From the citation by Abbe Wright:<\/h3>\n<h2>The True Story That Inspires<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s not until the author is 3 years old that she comprehends she was born with no lower legs, and that this makes her different. Cronin is extraordinarily courageous; she chronicles her journey to fit in and thrive with bravery and wit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget116033\"><!-- Show static html as a placeholder in case js is not enabled -->\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidget\" style=\"max-width: 350px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 10px 15px; border: 2px solid #EBE8D5; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px !important; padding: 0 !important; font-style: italic; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; color: #555;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads<\/a> Book Giveaway<\/h2>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17986393\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mermaid by Eileen Cronin\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1392024008l\/17986393.jpg\" alt=\"Mermaid by Eileen Cronin\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 0 0 110px !important; padding: 0 0 0 0 !important;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17986393\">Mermaid<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; padding: 0; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\">by <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/640021.Eileen_Cronin\">Eileen Cronin<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"giveaway_details\">\n<p>Giveaway ends November 23, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>See the <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/116033\">giveaway details<\/a><br \/>at Goodreads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"goodreadsGiveawayWidgetEnterLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/enter_choose_address\/116033\">Enter to win<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/widget\/116033\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Check out Eileen&#8217;s HuffPost Author&#8217;s Page<\/h1>\n<p>Book mark this page for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/eileen-cronin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">future blog posts<\/a> by Eileen Cronin.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>LA Review of Books interview with Eileen<\/h1>\n<p>Michele Botwin Raphael&#8217;s review and interview with Eileen Cronin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/interview\/poetry-motion-conversation-eileen-cronin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a mother&#8217;s day tribute<\/a>.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Featured Interview: Cincinnati Kid: Eileen Cronin<\/h1>\n<p>Read Alyssa Brandt&#8217;s interview with Eileen in the May issue of Cincinnati Magazine. Eileen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cincinnatimagazine.com\/features\/2014\/05\/05\/cincinnati-kid-eileen-cronin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> &#8220;knows from different&#8221;! <\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Oprah&#8217;s List of Memoirs Too Powerful to Put Down<\/h1>\n<p>Mermaid made another list of Oprah&#8217;s and this time it is included in a list described as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/oprahsbookclub\/Memoirs-Not-for-Everyday-Use_1\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;real stories, real women, real lessons that will shake you up and set you back down\u2014changed for the better (and stronger)<\/a>.&#8221;<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Mermaid featured on The Daily Beast<\/h1>\n<p>Now you can check out Mermaid on The Daily Beast and even read the first chapter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2014\/04\/07\/tracing-the-blue-light-read-chapter-1-of-eileen-cronin-s-mermaid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here!<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>If You Like Mermaid&#8230;<\/h1>\n<p>Please consider a vote for Mermaid on these \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/list\/book\/17986393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoodReads Lists<\/a>\u00a0so others who have not discovered it yet can stumble upon it and enjoy it just as much as you did.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Eileen Cronin&#8217;s Interview with Harvard Square Editions<\/h1>\n<p>Read Eileen Cronin&#8217;s interview with Mary Yuhas of Harvard Square Editions <a href=\"http:\/\/litvote.com\/eileen-cronins-memoir-mermaid-selected-for-the-oprah-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to see what Eileen has to say about growing up different and her advice to fellow writers.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>The Antioch Writer&#8217;s Conference<\/h1>\n<p>Eileen Cronin will be holding a workshop at the Antioch Writer&#8217;s Conference from July 12- July 18, 2014. Please submit applications to Antioch University in Yellow Springs, OH.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Download The Bob Edwards Show Interview with Eileen<\/h1>\n<p>Bob Edwards interviewed Eileen on Tuesday, February 25th. If you missed it, you can download the interview<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Radio-TV\/The-Bob-Edwards-Show-Eileen-Cronin-and-Daniel-Pinkwater-February-25-2014-Audiobook\/B00H3HNSHA\/ref=a_search_c4_1_14_srTtl?qid=1393801656&amp;sr=1-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here<\/a>.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Oprah Magazine&#8217;s 14 Titles to Pick Up<\/h1>\n<p>O Magazine online edition named Mermaid as one of its 14 Titles to Pick Up This February.\u00a0Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/book\/Mermaid-A-Memoir-of-Resilience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to see to see the recommendation.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Watch the Mermaid Book Trailer<\/h1>\n<p>Watch the Mermaid\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ZWwKpKQBEQ&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book trailer<\/a>\u00a0of Eileen Cronin reading an excerpt at Vroman&#8217;s in Pasadena, California.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Forgiveness and Healing<\/h1>\n<p>Eileen&#8217;s story in the pages of Everyday Health. A moving tribute to her mother. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/columns\/my-health-story\/forgiveness-and-healing-my-thalidomide-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forgiveness and Healing: My Thalidomide Story.<\/a><\/em><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eileencronin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Flourish1Transparent-150x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Praise for Mermaid<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/mermaid-a-memoir-of-resilience-by-eileen-cronin\/2014\/02\/14\/266ad880-81dc-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0recognizes Cronin&#8217;s &#8220;strength, tenacity and wry humor&#8221; in <em>Mermaid<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/arts\/books\/2014\/02\/01\/brief-four-recent-nonfiction-titles\/k4Z9fcJEWZtXJyrNemXuGL\/story.html?s_campaign=8315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Globe<\/a>\u00a0calls <em>Mermaid<\/em> a &#8220;gritty, gorgeous coming of age story.<\/p>\n<p><em>Poets &amp; Writers<\/em>:<strong> <a title=\"Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pw.org\/content\/page_one_where_new_and_noteworthy_books_begin_61?cmnt_all=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Kirkus Reviews<\/em>: &#8220;Perhaps the greatest achievement with this book, which brings to light one of the great medical tragedies of the 20th century, is that she is able to tell her story with a winning combination of candor, grace and humor.&#8221; (Review Posted Online: Dec. 8th, 2013)<\/p>\n<p><em>Booklist<\/em> (Boxed and Starred): &#8220;In her hard-to-put-down, brutally honest memoir, Cronin writes about growing up, as one of 11 children, without having legs, and trying to get her chain-smoking mom, who gets shock treatments and takes lithium for her &#8216;nervous breakdowns,&#8217; to tell her whether she took thalidomide during her 1960 pregnancy&#8230;As a child, she tells people she longs to be a ballerina. But when she sees her grandmother\u2019s &#8216;face go slack&#8217; at this pronouncement, she adds, &#8216;Or a missionary nun in Africa.&#8217; Readers will want to cheer at the happy ending to this must-read for all memoir fans and everyone involved or interested in the lives of the disabled.&#8221; <b>Karen Springen, <em>Booklist Online<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Library Journal<\/em>: &#8220;Cronin has managed to create a cogent account of coming to terms with her condition (and with the condition of her family). Her determination to create a life without secrecy and full of experience is evident in this matter-of-fact portrait of a family that did not always pay attention to the facts.&#8221; <b>Therese Nielsen<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMermaid\u00a0reminds us how the stories we tell and the ones we bury have the capacity to imprison or free us.\u201d <b>John Hockenberry<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWritten with an unvarnished pen,\u00a0Mermaid\u00a0spares no one, yet is fair, funny, and moving.\u201d <b>Rita Mae Brown<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>\u201cBrave, wry, and spirited. Eileen Cronin delves fearlessly into the emotional thicket of family lore, tribal dynamics, body image, and coming-of-age.\u201d <b>Danielle Ofri<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"gr_add_to_books\">\n<div class=\"gr_custom_each_container_\"><a style=\"border: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/isbn\/0393089010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/images\/atmb_add_book-70x25.png\" alt=\"Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- the identifier in the following script tag can be a GR book id or an isbn --><br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/add_to_books_widget_frame\/0393089010?atmb_widget%5Bbutton%5D=atmb_widget_1.png\"><\/script><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lara Lillibridge interviews Eileen for hippocampus magazine, an online publication dedicated to creative non-fiction. Check it out here. 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