What Is Found, What Is Lost by Anne Leigh Parrish is a captivating look at the lives of two sisters raised by a mother who, at seventeen, hit the road to follow a revivalist minister. Parrish's gritty details are impressive as the reader witnesses the girls sleeping on a dirt floor and living with no [...]
Gail Chehab's stellar new novel The Tunnel transports you to a whole new world, unless you've already lived on the Gaza Strip right before the Arab Spring. Many of us only think about this region when we see the news. Chehab's richly-drawn book, though, gives us front row seats as a revolution is going on, [...]
Peter Cherches has been writing short-prose since before cute phrases like “Flash Fiction” or “Short Shorts” were coined to characterize the genre. His first books came out in the early 1980’s, from notable downtown New York presses like Red Dust and Benzene. Back then, in addition to publishing his pieces widely in both mainstream and [...]
I also got to go to Bread Loaf Writers' Conference this summer. What fun rooming with my pal Katrina Denza! Now there's a sly sense of humor. We both had a great time. I worked with the amazing writer Charles Baxter, who's also a truly excellent teacher. He helped our group get right to the heart [...]
For years I've wanted to go to Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in the hills above Temecula, California. I finally got to go this summer, and I was thrilled. Unlike other colonies I've gone to and thoroughly enjoyed, this one is on the West Coast and only an hour from where I live. And only an hour [...]