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Author Archives: Pam Lazos
Sunshine Blogger Award
Thanks to one of my favorite book reviewers, Ajoobacats Blog, for nominating me for a Sunshine Blogger Award, a really A-mazing thing since I’m sitting here watching the snow fall as I type and sunshine would be super. … Continue reading
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Tagged and, Awards, blogging, Gotta Have Friends, Sunshine Blogger Award
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My Sweet Vidalia
My Sweet Vidalia They say all doors open for a pretty girl and I believe that’s true, unless you’re a poor girl, and then no matter how pretty you are, those doors are going to stay shut tight … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, civil rights, Deborah Mantella, My Sweet Vidalia, postwar 1950's, rural south, spousal abuse
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The Signature of All Things
The Signature of All Things What a wonder is The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert, lush, verdant and efflorescent like the plants that fill its pages. You can’t help but get pulled in and up by … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, book review, Eat, Elizabeth Gilbert, love, NYT bestseller, Pray, The Signature of All Things
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Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy
“Memory is like rope, knotted every three or four feet, and hanging down a deep well. When you pull it up, just about anything might be attached to those knots. But you’ll never know what’s there if you don’t pull. And the … Continue reading
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Tagged advice and confessions, cannibals, Dinty W. Moore, essay, life, love, memoir, writing, writing guide
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Winter
[photo of my back deck – Snowmageddon 2016] SNOWMAGEDDON 2016 AND WINTER We’re about halfway through the biggest storm the East Coast has seen since 1996 — Snowmageddon 2016 — nature at her finest and fiercest, and … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, deep snow, make soup, Rick Bass, snow fun, Snowmageddon 2016, Winter
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The Wade Stevenson Interview
An Interview with Poet Wade Stevenson First off, congrats on the success of Flutes and Tomatoes, one of Kirkus Review’s Best Indie Books of 2015. What an honor. I read “Dear You” and “Flutes and Tomatoes” in relatively short order. … Continue reading
Dear You
Dear You Dear You, a combination of poetry and memoir, by Wade Stevenson is one of the most exposed, unrelenting, and heart-breaking pieces on longing that I’ve read. Like Flutes and Tomatoes (reviewed here), named one of the best Indie … Continue reading
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Tagged best Indie books of 2015, book review, Dear You, kirkus reviews, love and longing, memoir, poetry, Wade Stevenson, writing
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Jon Fixx
Jon Fixx Webster’s defines noir as “1: crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings.” Jon Fixx, one of Kirkus Review’s top Indie Books of 2015 is that and more, a madcap mix of noir and … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, book reviews, crime noir, crime novels, Jason Squire Fluck, Jon Fixx, mafia, mob, New York City
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Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands
“Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands”: A Memoir of a Marriage in Alzheimer’s World By Carl R. Smith, Jr. Edited by William C. Smith For those of you who’ve just tuned in, what follows is an editorial preamble … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, journal, love in the time of alzheimers, true love, writing
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