New Release: Frieda’s Song
September 24, 2021With FRIEDA’S SONG, Ellen Prentiss Campbell once again delivers her signature empathetic voice in this intriguing historical novel.
New Release: YELLOW WIFE
February 11, 2021In her first outing in historical fiction, a veteran author brings a little-known piece of history into stark, unflinching relief.
2020: Reviewing a Year in Reviews
January 21, 2021In a year like no other in living memory, books offered a refuge from the chaos, even if what I was reading was not exactly escapist.
Book Review: What Were We Thinking
November 15, 2020The author, Carlos Lozada, has been doing a LOT of reading–150 books about Trump and the Trump era.
Book Review: Transcendent Kingdom
October 25, 2020In her sophomore effort, the author tells a deeply humane tale of love and faith.
Book Review: Enemy of the People
September 30, 2018An elder statesmen of the news media issues a call to arms, reminding journalists they truly can make a difference.
Book Review: The New Inheritors
August 28, 2018The author delivers his third gorgeous and savage story, a native son’s continuing critique of the American myth.
Probing for the Empathy Bone
August 10, 2018After a friend is murdered, the author glares at her novel-in-progress and thinks, “What’s the point?”
Book Review: Night Gaunts
August 1, 2018These stories work better separately than in the aggregate, but they’re still appropriately disturbing.
Book Review: Hard Cider
July 25, 2018A mature woman wrestles through simmering family conflict as she takes on a challenge entirely for herself and the joy it brings her.
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