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 [...] May 27, 2020
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 [...] May 17, 2020
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 [...] May 11, 2020
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 [...] May 10, 2020
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 [...] May 9, 2020
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 [...] May 8, 2020
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 [...] May 7, 2020
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 [...] May 7, 2020