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Bish Denham

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Bish Denham, whose mother’s side of the family has been in the Caribbean for over one hundred years, was raised in the U. S. Virgin Islands. She still has lots of family living there whom she visits regularly.

She says, “Growing up in the islands was like living inside a history book. Columbus named the islands, Sir Francis Drake sailed through the area, and Alexander Hamilton was raised on St. Croix. The ruins of hundreds of sugar plantations, built with the sweat and blood of slave labor, litter the islands. Then there were the pirates who plied the waters. It is within this atmosphere of wonder and mystery, that I grew up. Life for me was magical, and through my writing I hope to pass on some of that magic.”

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	Anansi and Company: Retold Jamaican Tales 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lizard's Tail it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bowl and the Stone: A Haunting Tale from the Virgin Islands 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dilly Dillo and the Texas Star: A Dilly Dillo Christmas Story 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer Shorts by Madeline Smoot (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bish Denham (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

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I don't know how to review these essays. All I can say is that each one is a jewel. What I'm most surprised by is that I had never heard of this author or any of her books before reading this collection of interesting, poignant, humorous, and thought ...more
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I've always enjoyed maps and knew how to read them by the time I was 8 or 9 years old. I was so enamored my mother bought me a book on map-making and by 10 I was drawing maps of imaginary places that had contour lines and everything! So, when I saw t ...more
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Another Florida romp by Hiaasen. If you ever need to take a break from heavy reading, anything by him is a good choice whether it's for adults or kids. The plots are simple and outlandish, though they can have unexpected twists. The characters are hu ...more
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I debated between giving this 2 and 3 stars. It was okay, and in some ways I liked it. But it really wasn't as good or as exciting as I expected/thought it to be. First, the point of view jumped around so much from person to person I never felt involv ...more
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“I'm interested in having fun with ideas, throwing them up in the air like confetti and then running under them.”
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“Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.”
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“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work, is as impossible as it is to live without being born.”
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