by Ali McGhee – As much as I love love, I’ve always been a little cynical about Valentine’s Day. I think it started when a high school boyfriend gave me a tulip and took me to Waffle House for dinner to celebrate (bad move, high school boyfriend). I get aContinue Reading
Melanie McNair Selections This February, I plan to celebrate the love that carries us through the disappointments and failures of romantic love. Friendships constitute some of the most central relationships in life, and yet they have no special day on the calendar. Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life, now outContinue Reading
The Art of Grace by Sarah L. Kaufman – Grace is a word with many meanings. We may think of grace as effortlessness, as human warmth or divine love, or as an ordinary moment turned extraordinary through a stroke of compassion. In my new book, “The Art of Grace” (W.W.Continue Reading
Melanie McNair’s Faves In the past, I was one of the people who suddenly filled the gym and yoga studio each year in January. Something would happen to break my routine and my resolution would fade into memory. I now have a more literary approach to new starts. Books areContinue Reading
by Ali McGhee – As each year passes, we grow. But, the evolution that happens from day to day, moment to moment, sometimes doesn’t become apparent to us until a longer period has passed. Everyone loves a fresh start. New Year’s resolutions are fun precisely because they’re not so muchContinue Reading
New Titles for a Cozy Winter reviews by Linda-Marie of Malaprop’s Brave Enough, written by Cheryl Strayed Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, written by Elizabeth Gilbert Two empowering and inspiring books by women I love who aim to help readers move through fear and doubt in order to liveContinue Reading
Anthony G. Photographer/Writer Anthony Guidone is an American freelance photographer whose focus is realism through fine art and journalism. Guidone has devoted himself to documenting conflicts and critical social issues escalating into wars. The Face of War: A Soldier’s Lament is his latest project, a pictorial book documenting the physicalContinue Reading
Above the Waterfall written by Ron Rash reviewed by Lauren Harr Spare and taut, Ron Rash’s work is always a pleasure. He is able, in a few well chosen words, to simultaneously create devastation and awe. His new novel, Above the Waterfall, may be his most lyrical yet. Rash, aContinue Reading
A Judgment of Whispers review by Beth Hanson 7th installment in the Mary Crow Series. A long-unsolved murder puts Mary’s political campaign in peril. In Sallie Bissell’s latest, A Judgment of Whispers, due out September 8, attorney Mary Crow is in the midst of running her political campaign for DAContinue Reading
