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July 1, 2023

2023 Reading–June

Concrete by Thomas Bernhard is a short novel I picked up in Vienna last year when I went into an English-language bookshop and asked…
June 12, 2023

I’ve Got Questions for Jude Atwood

Editor’s Note: This exchange is part of a series of brief interviews with emerging writers of recent or forthcoming books. If you enjoyed it,…
June 5, 2023

I’ve Got Questions for Edward Belfar

Editor’s Note: This exchange is part of a series of brief interviews with emerging writers of recent or forthcoming books. If you enjoyed it,…
June 1, 2023

2023 Reading–May

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai is a novel about a podcaster who returns to the boarding school she attended to…
May 31, 2023

I’ve Got Questions for Stephanie Cowell

Editor’s Note: This exchange is part of a series of brief interviews with emerging writers of recent or forthcoming books. If you enjoyed it,…
May 16, 2023

Book Awards for Oliver’s Travels!

Although Oliver’s Travels was published two years ago this month (Regal House Publishing, May 2021), I have recently learned that the book has won…
May 8, 2023

Book Birthday X 3!

Happy Birthday to my three most recent books! My first novel, The Shaman of Turtle Valley, was published by Braddock Avenue Books in May…
May 1, 2023

2023 Reading–April

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson is a truly great book I should have read before now. Last year, my book club…
April 3, 2023

I’ve Got Questions for Kathy Anderson

Editor’s Note: This exchange is part of a series of brief interviews with emerging writers of recent or forthcoming books. If you enjoyed it,…
April 1, 2023

2023 Reading–March

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke is the first in his series featuring Lt. Dave Robicheaux. When he is visiting a death-row inmate…