MILANA MARSENICH
As a natural listener and a therapist, Milana Marsenich has witnessed amazing generosity and courage in others. She first witnessed this in her hometown of Butte, Montana, a mining town with a rich history and the setting for Copper Sky, her first novel.
Copper Sky was chosen as a Spur Award finalist for Best Western Historical Novel. She has an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling from Montana State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana.
Recent Articles
Mary MacLane: Herself: A Biography by Michael R. Brown – a review!
For the first time ever, her story is finally told in Mary MacLane: Herself: A Biography by Michael R. Brown. Michael R. Brown has done extensive research on Mary MacLane. He knows her story inside and out. He knows her story by heart, and it comes through loud and strong in Mary MacLane: Herself. Her voice still matters.
Sacred Spaces: Experiencing Liminality by Thomas Schiff and James Buchanan ~ A review
This stunning collection of panoramic photographs of sacred spaces—old missions, churches, cathedrals, synagogues, mosques, and temples—crosses barriers as it crosses the United States. A stunning display, it is aptly named. Look into the photographs and that sense of liminality – being in two places at once – becomes a visceral, felt experience.
Mary MacLane, of Butte, Montana, Answers Newspaper Criticisms in 1902
In the first three months of 1901 she wrote a book she called I Await the Devil’s Coming. She spoke openly and sensuously about her inner most feelings, something that was unheard of at the turn of that century. She courted the Devil, begging that he deliver her from her mundane existence in the western mining town.