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The Stranger in the Woods
Is it me, or does there seem to be a global malaise running through our days? I want to be engaged, but the weight of the world gets me down, to quote Kansas, leaving me wondering if perhaps I, too, … Continue reading
The Downstairs Girl
by Corinna Wang Speaking of environmental and social justice issues — there’s a lot going on, and while we are busy dealing with the hustle and bustle of our ADLs — activities of daily living — we may not always … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, diversity, equity, hidden inequality, inclusion, model minority, Stacey Lee, The Downstairs Girl, writers
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CORDELIA STREET: MY NEIGHBORHOOD
Cordelia Street: My Neighborhood by Carolyn Mendez It is one of my life’s joys to showcase the great work of a good friend. When I first met Carolyn some years back at the Rabbit Hill Writer’s Studio she had … Continue reading
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Tagged book launch, book review, Carolyn Shertzer, child abuse, Cordelia Street, courage, new author, sexual abuse
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You Beneath Your Skin — Book Review and Author Interview
You Beneath Your Skin presents as a crime novel, but it’s also a love story: to those who find themselves in loveless marriages and are seeking comfort elsewhere; to mothers who bear the burden of raising children that don’t always … Continue reading
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Tagged All You Need Is Love, author, author interview, blog, blogger, book review, books, Damyanti Biswas, India, social justice, stop acid attacks
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Ana Maria Reyes Does NOT Live in a Castle
Ana Maria Reyes Does NOT Live in a Castle In the category of like attracts like, I seem to have a lot of friends who are writers, which is somewhat odd given the singularity, the isolated nature of such an … Continue reading
La Familia Que Escribe Juntos…
La Familia Que Escribe Juntos… (The Family that Writes Together…) My dear friend Lydia Isales with whom I had worked for over a quarter century retired a few years ago.One day she was there and the next, up and out. A … Continue reading
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Tagged A Dragon's Bloodline, Alan Ackroyd-Isales, blog, book review, character development, collaboration, David Ackroyd, family writing, Lydia Isales, new novel, plotline, Second Chance, The Dead Time at Aguirre, The Family that Writes Together, writers
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Just Mercy
JUST MERCY Bryan Stevenson reminds me of Percy Jackson, the boy in those Rick Riordan novels, walking through life trying to fit in like a normal kid, but sensing something’s up, then discovering he’s the offspring of Poseidon and learning … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Best Books NYT Book Review, beaucoup awards, book review, Bryan Stevenson, condemned, EJI, Equal Justice Institute, happy 4th of July, Harvard Law School, honorary doctoral degrees, Just Mercy, pledge of allegiance, Southern Prisoners Defense Committee, Walter McMillian, with liberty and justice for all
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The Hate U Give
THE HATE U GIVE Why do we Americans travel the world looking for engagement with other cultures when we have one right here, different from ours, exotic even, and instead of engaging, we put a police barricade around it? I … Continue reading
Sacred Commerce
Sacred Commerce What do you call the New Age these days? If the New Age dawned in the 70’s, then it’s getting pretty long in the tooth, coming up on its semi-centennial, so wouldn’t a new designation almost be … Continue reading
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