Catch and Release by Stacey C. Johnson FollowFollowFollow It’s easy to get used to certain things, like aching shoulders and a sense of floating outside your life, looking down. A person who isn’t prepared to lose what’s gone will do whatever they can to...
Dogs at the Perimeter by Madeleine Thien FollowFollowFollow Dogs at the Perimeterby Madeleine Thien W. W. Norton & CompanyOctober 2017ISBN-10 : 039335430XISBN-13 : 978-0393354300 Book Review by Olga Katsovskiy A strong title has this ability to call...
There Are Giants in the Sky by Natalie Chih-lu Hung FollowFollowFollow One chilly February evening, my 4-year-old and I sit on his bed, our eyes locked in a playful stand-off. He has just requested Goldilocks and the Three Bears as his bedtime story for the 21st...
The Unfurling Frond by Rebecca Beardsall FollowFollowFollow The Unfurling Frond: A Memoir of Belonging and Becomingby Rebecca Beardsall Atmosphere Press$19.991639889558 Book Review by Colleen Lutz Clemens Rebecca Beardsall’s second memoir The Unfurling Frond offers...
Getting the Word Out: Promotion Basics for Writers with Caitlin Hamilton Summie $30.00 $25.00 Register by September 10 for $5 discount! Getting the Word Out: Promotion Basics for Writers with Caitlin Hamilton Summie Nowadays, agents want authors to have...
Summer Reading FollowFollowFollow We have some exciting things in the works. We haven’t done a reading in a very long time, and getting reconnected with so many of our authors, this last month, through our spotlight series, got us thinking! So we are excited to...
Her Longing & His Loneliness by L Grace G FollowFollowFollow Our marriage counselor asked, “So, what happened that night?” I thought back, remembering how our boys were tucked neatly in bed, nestled up under in their warm covers… I returned to the kitchen to do...
Dare to Be chapbook contest winner! FollowFollowFollow We are thrilled the announce the winner of our 2023 Dare to be Chapbook Contest, Emily Kerlin, for her manuscript, Twenty-One Farewells! From our Judge, Emily Patterson, “Twenty-One Farewells is a meditation on...
A TALL GLASS OF LEMONADE ON A HOT DAY By Cindy Knoebel FollowFollowFollow The burly sheriff, pressed uniform the color of gravy, knocks on the frame of the tattered screen door. “Mrs. Ordwell?” Cups a hand around his eyes, squints into the interior gloom. A basket of...
DOGGED by Marty Kingsbury FollowFollowFollow In my 71 years of life, I’ve known lots of pain: scrapes and stitches and broken bones. Pinched sciatica. Bone spurs. Headaches that drum my skull. But this one was different. This one was hard to figure out. It started on...
