“Blood floated on top of the carpet as though hesitant to soak in, sorry for the mess. No war zone here. Here, a family room in northern California, 2009. A […]
Not the Killing Kind
Author: Maria Kelson
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My Marriage Sabbatical
Author: Leah Fisher
Leah Fisher’s description of her decision to spend a year traveling without her husband, and how that led to rekindling her affection for Charley and her passion for life, is […]
The Sacred Heart Motel
Author: Grace Kwan
The cover of The Sacred Heart Motel by Niki Hoi is delightful. The drawings of domestic scenes appear to be done in oil pastel so have a softened effect with […]
Becoming Mariella
Author: Janet Constantino
Becoming Mariella is author Janet Constantino’s debut novel. Constantino, half Sicilian herself, brings us Sicily in full sensory detail, and a protagonist to root for—Mariella, twenty-two and engaged to handsome […]
Interview With Jodi A. Wright
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Author of the 2023 Sarton Young Adult Fiction Award Winner Eat and Get Gas Becoming a writer was not a goal for Jodi Wright, whose young adult novel Eat and […]
Spared
Author: Clementine M. Msengi EdD
Clementine Msengi has written a compelling autobiography that held my attention throughout. As a survivor of the Rwanda genocide (1994), she describes the ordeal—many ordeals—with descriptions of events one can […]
