The Last Days of Dogtown by: Anita Diamant
Curiosity creates motivation. Motivation creates movement. Movement enlightens you… or at least makes you shed a few pounds and go to the bathroom regularly. Diamant’s motivation for The Last Days of Dogtown came from a pamphlet about a once named community called Dogtown in Massachusetts. Although the information […]
Whistling In The Dark by: Lesley Kagen
I’m always impressed when a writer captures the feel of a person far away from them. By that I mean a male author writing using a female voice as with Midwives or a British native perfectly capturing the characteristics of a Ukrainian as with A short history of […]
The Attack By: Yasmina Khadra
Although I feel that I am politically active mentally, my days of marching, lobbying, and flipping the bird to the powers that be have slowly dissipated with age and acquired wisdom. Yet, on November the 11th 2004, my cage was rattled so I thumped my chest and roared. Here’s why: Yassir […]
Midwives by: Chris Bohjalian
At this time, the passage to my ovaries is firmly padlocked. Double bolted. I have installed a hi-tech security alarm system built by NASA that includes an ultra violet motion sensor strobe gadget thingy (purple rays was my color of choice inspired by the legendary Jimmy Hendrix) which would even give 007 […]
Gods In Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
I love to say Alabama. There’s just something about the way it rolls out of your mouth, it’s melodic and has an inviting friendly quality to it as opposed to let’s say … Pittsburg or Utah. Those names fall out of your mouth with a thud. This southern state has […]