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October 21, 2019
Last Words
A ray of light reaches through the bars on the window and illuminates a chink of your face. I will carry this piecemeal image – eye scrunched shut, a miniature version of your late father’s nose, pink lips suckling an … Continue reading →
October 7, 2019
Ann Wachter
A feather when viewed separately may seem like only a feather, but when seen through the eyes of truth it is a sacred instrument that lifts birds in flight. ~Molly FriedenfeldSpringswing gently back, … Continue reading →
September 24, 2019
For the Love of Hawthorne
Written by Diana Rubino Published by Taylor and Seale Review by Meredith Allard Nathaniel Hawthorne has long been one of my favorite American authors. I remember reading The House of the Seven Gables as an English major and I loved … Continue reading →
September 23, 2019
Warlight
Written by Michael Ondaatje Review by Cecily Blench ‘We order our lives with barely held stories,’ says the narrator of Warlight. This astonishing new book from Michael Ondaatje is made up of snapshots from a number of connected lives that come … Continue reading →
September 1945
We have boarded the cattle car headed for Pusan. It takes us past Seoul Grand Park and I can see the bear. Having outlasted the poisoning of her fellow beasts and the fleeing of the zookeepers, she remains seated in … Continue reading →
September 9, 2019
Kristine Rae Anderson
Richard III (1452-85), King of England 1483-85Anne Neville (1456-85), Queen of England 1483-85Their son, Edward, Prince of Wales 1473-84 Forget what you’ve heard. Dismiss it all except that Richard could charm the blue from the skyand wanted, yes, to be king.Forget Shakespeare’s … Continue reading →
August 27, 2019
The Minoans Speak
We left that land when ground shook despite our prayers. We lined baskets of bread and grain, jugs of oil, wheat sheaves on the stepped east altar, set out small clay figures, arms raised to assure good … Continue reading →
August 12, 2019
Down the Rabbit Hole of Research
A few months into crafting the first few letters of my epistolary novel, “Imagining Violet”, loosely based on my grandmother’s life, I began to read what I could about violins and violinists. I was going to write about a young … Continue reading →
Diana Rubino
Diana Rubino is the author of For the Love of Hawthorne, a biographical romance thriller about House of the Seven Gables author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Meredith Allard: When and why did you begin writing, and did you always write historical fiction? … Continue reading →
July 29, 2019
Ann Taylor
Finally arrived in this company,prepped for on-stage wit,I ease out on my couch,drape my new robe just-so,accept my welcome kylix. With two hands,I tip it straight up,high to my face,take a deep draft,pronouce on gods, the law,women, war. They laugh. As … Continue reading →
