I hate when this happens, since I have to stay under the covers while I read. Janzen’s mother has all the healing qualities of Kasdorf’s mother persona–without the sexual hang-ups. But please come back often. But she also convinces us that her mother is so ego-free and so unconcerned about normal barriers between public and private life that we, too, can relax and enjoy the kind of earth-mother love that has the power of creation and re-creation in it. If that is “TMI”–too much information–for you, gentle reader, beware of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. is available for pre-order. That is, until she went to graduate school. I enjoyed the first 60 pages. 1,586 Followers, 1,062 Following, 91 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from һan (@hannah_janzen) Self-consciousness is to writers what the sin of pride is to Mennonites. ... My husband, a former hoodlum, doesn’t read much. She was very hurt by Rhoda’s book, and apparently that clan awaits the new book with much anxiety. Hint: some of the characters in the book show up there. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - Rhoda Janzen (2009) ... Rhoda is in her early forties when after a difficult hysterectomy, she finds her mentally disturbed husband is leaving her for a fellow he finds on a gay website, and then she has a car accident. Why in the world would Rhoda stay with a man this violent, this harsh and mean-spirited? The most interesting part of the post was in the comment section, which I don’t know how to import. Her sequel memoir Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? You will blush often. Do you feel that the author regrets her upbringing? But what is the responsibility for accuracy, especially since people buy memoirs because they want the real thing, true stories? She conflates two denominations and two different ethnicities, picking and choosing ones which will serve the purpose of entertaining her primary audience (the literary and academic elite whose haute cuisine and haute couture fascinate the author as much as the pale blue embroidered silk envelope she clutched as a child). Elizabeth Gilbert, the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love, calls this memoir “wincingly funny.” I didn’t wince hard at the obvious candidates–the racy or sometimes too-cute language, the author’s physical and emotional pain, or her critique of the small worldview of her own family. Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. Rhoda Janzen has already gone further into the comedy and memoir worlds than any American writer born of Mennonite (or Mennonite Brethren) parents. In one disastrous week, her manic-depressive husband Nick leaves her after 15 years for a guy called Bob and she has a … She holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of … With regard to Janzen, others have admitted to their own combination of envy, anger, and awe in differing degrees. Fortunately, the lapses cited above are just that, lapses. What was a gal to do? Now is that a catchy title or what? Create a login & Join us! The Amazon reviews are very mixed, considering the high number of sales. Soon after Janzen’s first book was published, I posted the review below. She teaches at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home (Audio Download): Rhoda Janzen, Hillary Huber, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books: Amazon.com.au: Audible Rhoda Janzen holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of California Poet Laureate in 1994 and 1997. She is the author of Babel's Stair, a collection of poems, and her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, … Welcome to this website and to the beginning of your own memoir journey! The first word that comes to mind is funny, but that isn't an option! A week after that bombshell hits, a young drunk driver nearly kills her as she drove on snow-covered roads in Michigan. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured. This book deals a lot with relationships - family relationships, spousal relationships. Here’s a link if you want to Pre-order Does this Church Make Me Look Fat? She crawls back home to California at Christmas and returns to an ethnic/religious culture –the Mennonites–she had gladly left behind years ago. The first half was funny but there was no new material for the second half and it dragged on. I loved this book, and Rhoda Janzen. In another review published in the June 25 edition of Mennonite World Review, I illustrated the power of a first mover into a field (i.e., Rhoda Janzen into the field of Mennonite memoir). She earned a Ph.D. from UCLA. Her latest book DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT is out 10/2/12. She is the author of Babel's Stair , Rhoda Janzen is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Mennonite in a Little Black Dress and the poetry collection Babel’s Stair . Shortly after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, and a car accident left her with serious injuries. . Thank you, Shirley, for helping me on this road to writing. Summary Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. Recommended to book clubs by 14 of 31 members. I’m in England writing on an iPhone. The most interesting part of the post was in the comment section, which I don’t know how to import. Do you prefer reading an autobiography or a memoir? . I learned to attend viewings even if I didn’t know, of the living, to look in their eyes and offer. Rhoda Janzen holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of California Poet Laureate in 1994 and 1997. I’ve not read her but want to, ever since your first review. First, she has an operation to remove her uterus which resulted in a punctured bladder, requiring her to wear a “pee bag.” Though she makes a complete recovery, she endures months of convalescence, including an improvised trip to Nordstrom Rack with the pee bag disguised inside a colorful tote so she can wear it like a purse. Like many, I wanted to shake Rhoda for being weak. Rhoda Janzen is the author of the poetry collection Babel's Stair (Word Press, 2006) and the memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (Henry Holt and Company, 2009). I can’t write much tonight. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. A better Mennonite than I would meticulously clean them up. I read MIALBD two years ago, found myself laughing most of the time, and recommended it to my sister and daughter, who then recommended it to her boyfriend’s Catholic mother, who downloaded it immediately to her Kindle. How do commerce, marketing, branding affect this agenda? In the meantime, book browsers in Barnes & Noble will be attracted to something we know sells well–sexual and Amish imagery combined. ISBN-13: 9780805092257. Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. Rhoda Janzen is the author of Babel's Stair, a collection of poems.Her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review, and The Southern Review.She holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of … Recommended to book clubs by 14 of 31 members. BIO BOX: Five things to know about Rhoda Janzen: She’s hip and stylish, but resists cell phones. Without a husband, Janzen unconsciously drifts back to the point of origin, finding comfort in the sense of community and strong ethics of the Mennonites, even while she pokes fun at their old-fashioned quirks. They do not permanently mar the integrity of this fine coming home story. Never mind that neither Janzen nor her family ever wore distinctively religious garb of the Amish or “old Mennonites.” The author can explain all that after the book is published. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured. ← Derek Halpern and the Perfect Blog Post: A Short Memoir, http://krpooler.com/2012/07/02/truth-memory-memoir/, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/the-writer-in-the-family.html?pagewanted=all. Rhoda Janzen. [Janzen’s] tone reminds me of Garrison Keillor’s deadpan, affectionate, slightly hyperbolic stories about urbanities and Minnesota Lutherans. If that isn't enough, Rhoda is involved in a serious car accident one short week after learning about Bob. About a year later, Janzen hears from Nick, her husband of 15 years, that he has met a man named Bob on gay.com and wants a divorce. Janzen earns the right to hilarious descriptions of body parts and functions because her own body is central to her story. Join the leading website for book clubs with over 35,000 clubs and 20,000 reading guides. Rhoda announces early on in the memoir that her husband left her for a man he met on Gay.com; however, as the book progresses, she slowly reveals that her marriage had been troubled for some time, and that she knew Nick was bisexual before they were married. Odd juxtapositions, bizarre memories, and witty critiques ensue. I attended the Mennonite Writers’ Conference in March at EMU, and found myself vigorously stimulated by the academic and literary world, something that hasn’t happened in a long time to this Career Mom and Writer Wanna-Be. She and I were dorm mates for a year at Fresno Pacific. She also has a very handsome husband, Nick, who has just left her for a man named Bob that he met on gay.com. Rhoda packed her bags and went home to her Mennonite family, who … Rhoda Janzen is the first lady and hottest chick, of Mennonite memoir. Janzen does not appear to hold such scruples and will go far for a joke (or even for revenge?). Rhoda Janzen, ready for an October book launch. healing: a chocolate cake you baked yourself. (Rhoda's good-natured mother suggested she get over her heartbreak by dating her first cousin?he owned a tractor, see.). And to do that, I have enlisted your help from your website. . One of the major controversies in memoir writing is how much we owe to other people in our stories. Mennonite poet Jeff Gundy uses humor as a gentle prod to himself as well as to other poets Julia Kasdorf and Jean Janzen (Rhoda is not the first published Mennonite writer with this name). Learned a lot about the Mennonites and about myself. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress [Rhoda Janzen] on Amazon.com. Well written, funny and self deprecating. Rhoda announces early on in the memoir that her husband left her for a man he met on Gay.com; however, as the book progresses, she slowly reveals that her marriage had been troubled for some time, and that she knew Nick was bisexual before they were married. We are all 1975 graduates of EMC (now EMU of course), and our town of meeting will be Goshen, IN, a place with which you are very familiar! So glad you left this comment. Did you read MIALBD? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I also thought of my own mother, and I gave thanks for the indomitable, oblivious, fashion-challenged caregivers of the world whose faith is in their eyes, and hands, and hearts. the living, to have plenty of vases on hand, with peonies cut from the lawn, black ants, still stuck to the buds. I hadn’t read your review of Rhoda’s book, so was glad to see it here! Rhoda Janzen was 43 and had been married for 15 years when, after recovering from a serious illness — during which her usually grouchy husband Nick was suddenly uncharacteristically supportive — she discovered that Nick was leaving her “for a guy named Bob he met on gay.com.” Two weeks later a car crash left her with a crushed clavicle and leg injuries. Before that, David Sedaris, Michael Perry, and sections of Barbara Kingsolver’s Pigs in Heaven also left me shaking soundlessly. I think Rhoda Janzen could break the literary humor glass ceiling. Like James Frey, who made his addictions stronger and jail time longer in his book than they really were, Janzen sometimes makes her own upbringing sound more sectarian or perhaps more exotic than it may have been. My daughter introduced me to the first, A Homemade Life, by Molly Wizenberg, and I was hooked. There you have it–the plot gets no thicker. In fact, I am going to present some of your ideas to my college friends when we get together next weekend. Read on to see why I specified my perspective in my review, calling it explicitly an “old Mennonite”  (Swiss-German origins rather than German-Dutch-Russian) review. At that point, too many of her social, philosophical and spiritual ideas were challenged, causing her life to become more secular. Rhoda Janzen is the author of Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home, as well as Babel's Stair, a collection of poems.Her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review, and The Southern Review.She holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of California Poet Laureate in 1994 and 1997. (Tweet me). Try to be humble and a minute later you will be proud of it. But this is a mid-life memoir, not a late-night, 60s-era bull session. As much as I laughed while reading the book and as much as I celebrate the word “Mennonite conjoined” with “funny” in other reviews of this book, I cringed while reading more than once. slow read, difficult to maintain interest in book, Janzen's take on life is inspiring and beautifully positive. Really eager to know what you think when you read the book. I would love to have eavesdropped in the office of Henry Holt publishers as editors and designers chose the book cover. Janzen tells us that her father was like the “pope” at one time of the “North American Mennonite Conference for Canada and the United States.” If you Google this denominational name, you will find that it does not exist. Right and Solves Her Lady Problems. And I have noticed that there are few women on that list, just like there are few women late night or Comedy Central talk show hosts–a fact that ought to change. or shoofly pie. you know how to do this, you can never refuse. –“Let’s show some leg, skirt blowing up like Marilyn Monroe’s– and then let’s dangle one of those funny hats the Amish wear right under the word “mennonite”! If you didn’t see it then, you might enjoy now. Members, please login. I learned that whatever we say means nothing. The rest not so much. I admit that I laughed often about subjects that, in the hands of a less gifted writer, could have been not only unfunny but a total waste of time. Her latest book DOES THIS CHURCH MAKE ME LOOK FAT is out 10/2/12. Plain and simple, Nick was an abusive husband. . Janzen grew up in a Mennonite household in North Dakota. In the meantime, I got very busy reading memoirs of other people, and specifically food memoirs. More than anything else, this book reminded me of dorm-room conversations in (a Mennonite) college in the late 1960s where we exercised our growing vocabulary and vented our sexual curiosity. I winced less for the treatment of the Mennonite characters in this book, ironically, than I did for those who were grafted into the story either through marriage or friendship. The author may not have chosen the cover, Staci may well be proud of her portrait in this book, and Janzen might be so removed from her former Mennonite Brethren community that she has forgotten its name. what anyone will remember is that we came. Rhoda Janzen holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of California Poet Laureate in 1994 and 1997. Parts of the book were very funny and enjoyable and other parts were a bit slow. Sisters-in-law Staci and Deena come across as vastly inferior in sensitivity and taste than Rhoda and her sister Hannah. To come from such a rigid background and cleave her own set of values is courageous; to come away from an abusive relationship and stay focused... (read more). And now, I must get to my own memoirs. Will you read the sequel? ?Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love. Nick … Too busy today. Leave a comment below and let’s see if any leftover fur will fly. How much do these two issues of compassion and integrity matter in memoir? And in the summer when red beets were available at our local farmers’ market, I even tried out Rhoda’s borscht recipe with delicious results! Janzen herself will continue being viciously humorous while being perceived as less vicious. Just read MILBD, and I must say I’m furious that the zweibach recipe wasn’t included. It’s also clear that her mother’s healing love made this book possible. Luckily, her husband of 15 years, Nick, was a capable nurse and, six weeks later, her health issues and emotional upheaval had come to an end—or so she thought. I’ve seen a number of people talking about your book on FB since the MWR review and others. ; poems: Babel’s Stair, 2006) excavates her past with the might of a backhoe and the finesse of an archaeologist’s brush. She teaches at Hope College in Michigan. Did the conversation go something like this? It was bad enough that her husband ... Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. We love her for her healing and for her freedom. Her husband made her get one, she says, "but he can’t make me like it." Rhoda Janzen is the author of Babel's Stair, a collection of poems.Her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review, and The Southern Review.She holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of California Poet Laureate in 1994 and 1997. How would you define a "good" relationship? The language was a little strong for me throughout the book. The field is exploding, and The Wall Street Journal and Time have taken notice, along with bloggers and, of course, book publishers. Not a member? actually used some of our own discussion topics and used what our book club friend brought to the table. Hello Select your address Best Sellers Gift Ideas New Releases Deals Store Electronics Customer Service Home Books Coupons Computers Gift Cards Sell Subscribe & save Registry Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen (2011-01-01) at Amazon.com. Here’s a blog post about memory and truth that might help readers interested in pursuing this topic more:http://krpooler.com/2012/07/02/truth-memory-memoir/, And here’s a NYTimes essay that explains why writers are anathema to family values and why writers need families anyway. Every writer struggles with marketing issues as a necessity of 21st-century publication, and every publisher wants an angle. In the meantime, I decided to repost my review of her first memoir that now has sold 500,000 copies, making Rhoda Janzen the first author, I presume, to put the word “Mennonite” on The New York Times Bestseller list. Her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review , and The Southern Review . She’s written a version of the coming-of-age story as a middle-aged woman, and she pulls it off with great verve and style. Sign up for your FREE email about the latest top book club picks, exclusive book giveaways, new releases, and online author events. Despite small rebellions, Rhoda Janzen stayed close to the Mennonite world she was raised in. Hi Marla. Started out funny, then became mostly informative. Here is a fragment from the beginning stanza of his “How to Write the New Mennonite Poem” anthologized by editor and poet Ann Hostetler in a cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry: twice, once in the title, along with zwiebach. Now for the other side of the story. Rhoda Janzen. Rhoda Janzen is the author of #1 bestseller Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. She uses big words some of which could not be found in Dictionary.com. The first U.S. Mennonite writer (Rudy Wiebe preceded her in Canada) to break into the literary high culture was poet Julia Kasdorf, cited above, with four poems in The New Yorker in the early 1990s and the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize in 1991. I’ve asked for a review copy and plan to give you my thoughts on the book soon. The issues involved, however, will continue to be discussed, not just in relation to MIALBD, but in other books where family pain and debate about the truth arises. Take the cover of this book as a case in point. Here’s a short blurb from USA Today to whet your appetite. Rhoda Janzen has it all. All rights reserved. Pre-order Does this Church Make Me Look Fat? Finally, there is the issue of marketing and commodification of culture. Janzen mentions the fact that she has seen Staci only a few times in the last five years. sympathy, as though I understood loss even then. I hope the next book will relieve some of the anxiety in the Janzen family, as the focus switches away from California. The problem of being a Mennonite writer is that you cannot be one completely un-self-consciously anymore, and too much self-consciousness has ruined many a writer. Hello Select your address Best Sellers Gift Ideas New Releases Deals Store Electronics Customer Service Home Books Coupons Computers Gift Cards Sell Subscribe & save Registry Rhoda announces early on in the memoir that her husband left her for a man he met on Gay.com; however, as the book progresses, she slowly reveals that her marriage had been troubled for some time, and that she knew Nick was bisexual before they were married. Sleeping in the nude has its disadvantages. The following spring I read it again after doing extensive research on the web about Rhoda, and discovering your review on your blog. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Actually, much in the same way that the word “Amish” affects sales of furniture, cheese, space heaters, and chicken–very positively! What did you think? Yes, those titles are so important, and a funny author needs a funny title. Rhoda Janzen is 43 when her life hurtles to a grinding halt. 470 likes. As Janzen relives her marriage to Nick, a charismatic but unpredictable academic, we begin to feel her pain — and then we get angry. Added to that I learned about Mennonites which was fascinating. Ms. Janzen entered the breakfast room at a lope. Soon after Janzen’s first book was published, I posted the review below. "It is rare that I literally laugh out loud while I'm reading, but Janzen's voice?singular, deadpan, sharp-witted and honest?slayed me." She teaches at Hope College. Is she overly critical of her family and fellow Mennonites? The last time that happened, I was reading Bill Bryson’s The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. The title of her new book is hilarious and portends another bestseller. Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned upside down. The Hope College Department of English dives into literature of every kind and teaches students to improve the craft of their writing to foster a love of the written word. I enjoyed her romp through the past and recognize poetic license when I see it, but I also think I recognize licensing of the Mennonite “brand.” That kind of license is a whole other kettle of fish . . Mennonite in a Little Black Dress *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/the-writer-in-the-family.html?pagewanted=all. I am also eagerly anticipating your own memoir. As a woman, Mennonite, and writer, I can only say, “You go, girl!!!”. I learned to save jars, large enough to hold fruit salad for a whole, grieving household, to cube home-canned pears, and peaches, to slice through maroon grape skins. Sorry that in the transfer to a new website some of the comments were duplicated. Try to erase self, and you are soon looking in the mirror. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, but that same week a car accident left her injured. Tall she is 6-foot-2 with choppy bits of red-blond hair poking out from a newsboy cap. Let the memoirs pour forth! They can’t defend themselves.”. Janzen already has motivated one of her Fresno, CA, Mennonite Brethren sisters, Rhonda Langley, to respond with her own self-published book (available on lulu.com as both ebook $1.99 and paperback $12.00) called Mennonite in Blue Jeans. The subtitle comes back to remind the reader of her first book: A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Rhoda Janzen was 43 and had been married for 15 years when, after recovering from a serious illness — during which her usually grouchy husband Nick was suddenly uncharacteristically supportive — she discovered that Nick was leaving her “for a guy named Bob he met on gay.com.” Two weeks later a car crash left her with a crushed clavicle and leg injuries. If any or all of these things are true, I retract my critique. Perhaps awareness of the paradox itself is the only answer to this dilemma. Rhoda Janzen is the author of Babel's Stair, a collection of poems. Rhoda Janzen is the author of #1 bestseller Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. And may she turn a forgiving but clear-eyed focus on her true antagonist, herself. the blessing of your voice, your chaste touch. Why? Rhoda Janzen holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was the University of California Poet Laureate in 1994 and 1997. Read honest and … Rhoda Janzen, 2011 St. Martin's Press 241 pp. Staci could certainly not enjoy seeing these words in print, even if she said every word between the quotation marks, which could only be the case if Janzen has perfect recall. No longer Die Stille im Lande (the silent in the land), Mennonites now have the responsibilities of telling their many stories as honestly as possible. All Mennonites, especially Mennonite writers, owe Rhoda Janzen a big “thank you.” She has opened a space for others. What did exist (before the separation between the U.S. and Canadian members) was a group called the North American Conference of Mennonite Brethren. I’ve always admired humorists, from Twain to Keillor to Sedaris. Tits, that is. If you didn’t see it then, you might enjoy now. She is the author of Babel's Stair, a collection of poems, and her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, The Gettysburg Review, and The Southern Review.She teaches English and creative writing at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Needing a place to rest and pick up the pieces of her life, Rhoda packed her bags, crossed the country, and returned to her quirky Mennonite family's home, where she was welcomed back with open arms and offbeat advice. © 2003 - 2017 BookMovement, LLC. In 2006, Janzen’s husband of 15 years left her for a man and a few days later she suffered serious injuries in a car accident. 468 likes. Her descriptions of growing up Mennonite and how this upbringing collides with the world Nick offers are at once hilarious and tender. She is the author of Babel's Stair, a collection of poems, and her poems have also appeared in Poetry, The Yale Review, … About the Author: . 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