John Grisham Takes Us Back to Camino Island
In Camino Island, John Grisham took a break from his legal thrillers to write about another group he knows well – writers. The [...]
Reading Around
Poet’s Corner: Vacation in My Head
I see a sea of waters, blue;While looking up to skies with birds.I watch a poet writing,And she’s crafting perfect words.I see lovers in [...]
Poet’s Corner: All the Hours in Between
Early wakingPre dawn skyEyes barely focusedI’m looking for Mars and the crescent moon.Just before the morning Bach plays.I call my dog [...]
Poet’s Corner: Sail Away, Sail Away
It’s the bobbin’; the wonder;The refreshing point of view.It’s the ripple in the waterWhich buoys every bit of you.It’s the sails [...]
Speaking of Wagner: Talking to Audiences about The Ring of the Nibelung by William Berger
This is, without question, the most refreshing and stimulating book on opera I have read in a while. In fact, I had stopped reading books [...]
Winnie Frolik’s Sarah Crow Signals the Debut of a Talented Novelist
Winnie Frolik lives in Pittsburgh, but her writing heart is firmly planted across the pond in the small British villages favored by Jane [...]
Can’t Visit a Spa? Then Read Phyllis Melhado’s The Spa at Lavender Lane
We’re inundated with suggestions about what to read while in quarantine: biographies of presidents, historical accounts of past [...]
Books About Remarkable Women
The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) by Cecily Mackworth. The child of a Russian ex-priest and a European aristocrat, Isabelle [...]
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