Category Archives: Journalism
The Art of Ice Cream
I scream, you scream, we all scream for … whiskey ginger ice cream? https://www.modernindenver.com/2016/08/the-art-of-ice-cream/
Homecoming Ernestine Hayes defies adversity and speaks the truth
https://issuu.com/morrismedianetwork/docs/alaska_magazine_outdoor_feb_2018_02
“White Houses” Tells The Star-Crossed Love Story Of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok
In White Houses (Random House), celebrated writer Amy Bloom imagines the relationship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok, the journalist who covered Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential campaign and then developed a close relationship with Eleanor. “Hick” was known as … Continue reading
“Kingdom of Women” Imagines a World where Women Act on their Anger
Rosalie Morales Kearns’ debut novel, Kingdom of Women (Jaded Ibis Press), comes at a perfect time. Never before have we so badly needed to see what is possible when women act on the anger that is a product of living … Continue reading
Review of Don Waters’ new novel
Sunland, Don Waters’s debut novel, takes us through an American Southwest that, though fictional, couldn’t feel more real. It begins with thirty-three-year-old Sidney Dulaney’s recent move from Massachusetts to Arizona to start over after a failed relationship and an abandoned … Continue reading
The Italian Job
The Italian Job She arrived in Italy fresh from college in 2002 with an eye toward making it in the fashion industry, but her language skills needed work. Ten months as an au pair, she figured, ought to be a … Continue reading
Following Two Iconic Authors….
Released in April, David Gessner’s All the Wild that Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West ($27, W. W. Norton) is a biography of two of the West’s most iconic authors.
Ahead of the Flaming Front
Thumbs Up and Still Breathing Jerry D. Mathes’ second nonfiction book, Ahead of the Flaming Front, depicts the day –to-day life of a wildland firefighter. With a poet’s sense of language, Mathes shows himself as a rookie gaining knowledge and … Continue reading
Work Cited/Reading to Maturity
Brandon R. Schrand’s second book, Works Cited: an Alphabetical Odyssey of Mayhem and Misbehavior, depicts the author’s life through an obsessive love of literature. He parallels each personal essay with a book that influenced that particular time in his life, … Continue reading