Category: 2016 Reading

January 16, 2016

The Big Smoke by Adrian Matejka

The Big Smoke  by Adrian Matejka A finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this powerful poetry collection examines the life of…
January 11, 2016

2016 Reading: Phoning Home by Jacob M. Appel

Phoning Home: Essays by Jacob M. Appel The University of South Carolina Press, 2014 This is an excellent, entertaining, and provocative  short collection of essays…
January 5, 2016

2016 Reading: My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout I’m inclined to love anything Elizabeth Strout writes. She was one of my teachers in…
January 5, 2016

2016 Reading: The Time of the Monkey, Rooster, and Dog by Charles A. Hobbie

Forty years ago today, on January 5, 1976, I traveled from my parents’ home in Indianapolis to San Francisco to join the “staging” for my…
January 2, 2016

2016 Reading: Continuum: New and Selected Poems by Mari Evans

Continuum: New And Selected Poems, Revised Edition by Mari Evans The poet and activist Mari Evans recently won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indianapolis…
January 1, 2016

2016 Reading: Faith Ed. by Linda K. Wertheimer

Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance by Linda K. Wertheimer I was acquainted with the author through a Facebook group, so…