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I went to see Darcey Steinke last week when she came to campus. She started out with reading a chapter of her book, Easter Everywhere. She read the chapter on her mother’s depression. Her mother just had Darcey’s younger brother and was suffering from severe postpartum depression. And as Darcey read more of the chapter, her mother’s depression got worse. Darcey explained how her mother’s suffering and father’s absence caused her to move away from religion. I liked the question and answer session of the seminar because I learned more about Darcey Steinke than I thought I would. It was interesting how she described writing the book, and how her family’s reaction was. Her advice about writing was most helpful to me. She said that every writer has trouble writing. She mentioned that she sometimes revises her work about twenty to thirty times before coming to a final version. I cannot imagine writing that many drafts. Writing three drafts for me is already too much.

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