Story Circle Book Reviews

“The severance package will be emailed to your personal address.” One sentence transforms Kris Wright’s career and life. Kris is a middle-aged professional woman employed in the eyewear industry. She is at the top of her game, but then her worst fear is confirmed with a phone call. […]

Each chapter in Marian L. Beaman’s memoir provides a moving snapshot of her coming of age and moving into a wider community beginning in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Taken as a whole, her book evolves from a life of extreme simplicity in a Mennonite community to finding release as […]

Smallwood’s book of poetry is a delight for the senses in so many ways. Divided into three parts, Thread, Form, and finally Other Enclosures, her use of poetic techniques such as loose rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and allusion masterfully pull the reader into a world of prose monologues, drawing […]