This month’s literary news is very exciting – there’s a new poetry retreat experience available to black poets of African descent. It’s called Obsidian Foundation and its founder is Nick Makoha. Nick is frantically busy fine-tuning the Obsidian Foundation experience ready to receive its first batch of students so I was delighted that we wereContinue reading “Literary News and Writing Advice with Sue Burge”
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The Story of a Long Distance Marriage by Siddhesh Inamdar. A review by Geraldine Sinyuy
Review by Geraldine Sinyuy As I walked in the book section of a mall on Hosur Road, Bangalore, India on January 12, 2019, searching for interesting books to take back home to Cameroon, my curious eyes fell on Siddhesh Inamdar’s novel: A Story of a Long Distance marriage. My eager hands immediately reached out forContinue reading “The Story of a Long Distance Marriage by Siddhesh Inamdar. A review by Geraldine Sinyuy”
Book Reviews by Gordon Phinn
In a recent New Yorker I discovered, much to my amusement, the unvarnished truth about the book-summarizing service Blinkist, whose users care not to lumber through such tomes as Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, Michelle Obama’s Becoming or Ghislaine Maxwell’s 500-page deposition for her upcoming trial. Fans recounted the huge benefits of gulping down textsContinue reading “Book Reviews by Gordon Phinn”
New Books from Mbizo Chirasha, James Coburn and David Swanson
Introducing two new books by Time of the Poet Republic founder, Mbizo Chirasha, together with James Coburn, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee David Swanson and WORLDBEYONDWAR.ORG https://www.amazon.com/Second-Earth-Peace-Mbizo-Chirasha/dp/1734783737 The poets in this book are from many corners of the globe, a lot of them from places with wars. What does it feel like to be “collateral damage”?Continue reading “New Books from Mbizo Chirasha, James Coburn and David Swanson”
Books for Gifting!
Charlee LeBeau & The Gambler’s Promise by C.V. Gauthier (Friesen Press) Review by Darcie Friesen Hossack A music teacher once said, “Begin well and end well, or nothing you do in the middle will matter very much.” Although it’s a lesson from grade school, it’s one that still applies, and C.V. Gauthier knows how toContinue reading “Books for Gifting!”
A Conversation with Ram Dass on Finding Hope in a Dark World. by Chris Corbett
A Conversation with Ram Dass on Finding Hope in a Dark World I was first introduced to the book Be Here Now in 1972 by the big sister of my high school sweetheart. I had already been reading books like Autobiography of a Yogi, Christopher Isherwood’s book on Indian philosophy, and anything else I couldContinue reading “A Conversation with Ram Dass on Finding Hope in a Dark World. by Chris Corbett”
The Fifth Night. Memoir by Rona Altrows
photo by Lucy Altrows The Fifth Night My mother taught me that at the moments of our greatest joy we must still remember that people suffer. That’s one reason a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony ends with the shattering of a glass. But a person may create a new ritual to represent the convergence ofContinue reading “The Fifth Night. Memoir by Rona Altrows”
Christmas at Kakuma. Non-fiction by Nancy Ndeke
CHRISTMAS AT KAKUMA At this corner of the Northernmost frontier region of Kenya—touching on one side, South Sudan, a little bit of Ethiopia, then Uganda at the point furthest North—is what is infamously known as the largest refugee camp in the world. Hosting close or slightly more than two hundred thousand individuals, the site isContinue reading “Christmas at Kakuma. Non-fiction by Nancy Ndeke”
My Life at First Try. Fiction by Mark Budman
Short stories from the Extended Edition of: My Life at First Try Mark Budman’s “My Life at First Try,” is smart and funny and compelling, and in an era when both the immigrant experience and the resurgent aggression of the once-Soviet Russia are central issues, the novel is timely, as well. This is a splendidContinue reading “My Life at First Try. Fiction by Mark Budman”
Cherry Strudel. Fiction by AstridL
Cherry Strudel Lucia loved food. She loved the look, the taste, the feel, the smell, even the sound of it as she kept it that second longer in her mouth before she let it slip away. Maybe the reason she loved sex was because the first time she was seduced, her hands were deep inContinue reading “Cherry Strudel. Fiction by AstridL”
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