Guild Literary Complex
/Happy to be a part of the 2018 Author Challenge for the Guild Literary Complex.
Read MoreHappy to be a part of the 2018 Author Challenge for the Guild Literary Complex.
Read More“I adore this great novel, with great writing. It’s hard to believe this is a first novel.” Start radio clip at 52:09 mins for full interview.
Read More“This is a story that will hit home for a generation that is still here with us to read about it.”
Read More"What I particularly love are the ceiling-high bookshelves that make me feel like one of Max Perkins’s clients from the ’20s or ’30s. Hey, we’re writers… we imagine!"
Read MoreNIU's Days of Rage: Alum returns to campus to debut Vietnam-era novel
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Read More#ComingofConscience social giving campaign
Author Rita Dragonette announced a social giving campaign that will run from September 18 to December 31 in support of a Coming of Conscience Scholarship for a student at NIU. During that time, she will be donating $1 for each share, retweet, or like on her posts about the campaign. For a photo or book post, Rita will be donating $2, and for a video sharing a personal Coming of Conscience moment, Rita will donate $5. Help Rita reach her goal of $10,000 in scholarship funds and learn more at her website!
Read MoreJudy’s journey mirrors Dragonette’s experience at NIU – arriving on campus as a nursing major on a U.S. Army scholarship.
Read More“The author's portrayal of Judy was so well done that I felt like she was someone I knew in college.”
Read MoreThe story is beautifully written with compassionate and thoughtful narrative and engaging characters who play out all the angst of the era set on a Midwestern college campus when America was at its most vulnerable.
Read MoreA story that speaks to the poignant clash of young adulthood, feminism, and war and offers an inquiry into the domestic politics of protest.
Read More“Rita Dragonette writes a good story describing the turmoil, fears, anger and sadness of that time.”
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