Author Archives: Alice Lowe

About Alice Lowe

I am a freelance writer, avid reader and Virginia Woolfophile in San Diego, California. My personal essays have been published in more than 90 literary journals and can be followed on my blog: www.aliceloweblogs.wordpress.com. I have published essays and reviews about Virginia Woolf, including two monographs in the Bloomsbury Heritage Series published by Cecil Woolf Publishers, London: "Beyond the Icon: Virginia Woolf in Contemporary Fiction," and "Virginia Woolf as Memoirist."

Tea for Two

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Alice Lowe

My most recent homage to Virginia Woolf (there have been many) was published last fall in the lovely little lit mag Idle Ink. Memory intertwines with fantasy; the result is Tea for Two.

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Ode to Brown

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Alice Lowe

What could be a more appropriate place for my “Ode to Brown” than in The Pine Cone Review? With no further ado, here it is…!

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Home Body

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Alice Lowe

As a great fan of Dorothy Parker, it was a particular thrill to have my work published in her namesake literary journal. The editors of Dorothy Parker’s Ashes introduced this summer’s home-themed issue with DP’s own take on the subject: … Continue reading →

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Depression Debunked

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Alice Lowe

Depression is real and can be debilitating, which is reason not to trivialize it by throwing the word around recklessly. But with our rich language at our disposal, we can find other, more nuanced ways, to describe those times when … Continue reading →

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Hey Jude

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Alice Lowe

“Hey Jude,” published earlier this year in Drunk Monkeys, is in memory of my dear friend Geri Danzig, 1942-2009. .

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Singing and Swinging

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Alice Lowe

This is it – one of the brief pockets of time when baseball and opera overlap. “Singing and Swinging” recalls when they came together for me in New York. My essay was published this spring in Eclectica Magazine.

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Spark

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Alice Lowe

“A spark bird is first love, the bird that ignites a heightened interest, an out-of-the-blue fascination.” The Bewick’s wren, my first Tosca, and A Writer’s Diary by Virginia Woolf were sparks that lit still-burning fires. My flash essay “Spark” was published … Continue reading →

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Orbs and Orts

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Alice Lowe

Onions, oranges, olives, & other observations on round food & the letter O: read “Orbs and Orts” in FEED lit mag.

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Comfort Food and Three Rs

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Alice Lowe

Once again, food becomes the trigger for memories and the impetus for writing. My micro-essay duo, “Comfort Food” and “Three Rs” found the perfect home at Apple in the Dark, a new online literary journal.

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Worry

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Alice Lowe

 “What, me worry?” is the maxim of Mad Magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman that many of us grew up with, the sentiment of blissful unconcern echoed in the 1988 song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” In the 2015 movie Bridge of Spies, defense attorney James Donovan asks accused … Continue reading →

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