Book Review: Last Dance with Annie by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Elise is a 40-some year-old mother of a college-aged son and high-schooler daughter whose eating disorder finds her in an inpatient EDU (eating disorder unit) after starving herself to the point of being at death’s door. Elise’s husband, Tony, a VietNam Veteran and now Navy recruiter,…
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Book Review — Petals of Haiku: An Anthology, edited by Gabriela Marie Melton
Book Review — Petals of Haiku: An Anthology, edited by Gabriela Marie Melton With over 160 poets, most writing 4 poems apiece, it became my morning meditation with first cuppajoe and a cat on my lap and one by my side, to read through several pages in each sitting. My original intention was to mark…
Wow-worthy news on Petals of Haiku
I’m about 40 pages into the book and can say with confidence, if you are a fan of haiku, you will love this book. Imagine how geeked I was to read Gabriela’s post today.
book review — “Miss O’Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights…,” (2009) by Chris O’Dell with Katherine Ketcham
I wasn’t famous.I wasn’t even almost famous.But I was there . . .— Chris O’Dell I first learned about this book from Max from Powerpop… An Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture Blog when he wrote a review of it and was immediately intrigued and interested in learning tasty tidbits about all of the people named…
Book Review — Tenth of December by George Saunders
I first became aware of George Saunders when I saw him on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a guest. I admit the guy impressed me with his easy-going demeanor mixed with his sharp intelligence. My awareness of him coupled with his presentation on the show motivated me to seek out one of his…
Book Review: “Not Forever, but for Now,” by Chuck Palahniuk with update
We’re bright young things, and no bright young thing wants to squander his life as a custodian to the dead.(from page 94) I need to put up a dartboard with adjectives and throw darts at it to choose some of my many different impressions of, _Not Forever, But For Now_ by Chuck Palahniuk. First, it…
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