Southern Comfort By Fern Michaels Reviewed by Philip K. Jason Click to Buy Fern Michaels is a writing machine. Best known for the Sisterhood and Godmothers series, she has over 75 million books in print and is still going strong. Though she grew up in Hastings, Pennsylvania, Ms. Michaels moved to South Carolina […]
Archives for May 2011
Daughter of Lachish, by Tim Frank
May 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
DAUGHTER OF LACHISH by Tim Frank Reviewed by Patricia O’Sullivan Click to Buy Itur-Ea is a soldier in the Assyrian army who specializes in operating siege machines. He worships the goddess Ishtar and follows his king, Sennacherib without question. Rivkah is a young woman from Lachish, one of many walled cities in Judah the […]
Hone Writing Skills in Faulkner Town
May 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
The Yoknapatawpha Summer Writers Workshop Oxford, MS. June 10 to 12, 2011 The Yoknapatawpha Summer Writers Workshop features craft talks, publishing panels, open mics and social hours, including a trip to the famous Taylor Grocery Catfish in Taylor, MS. Featured faculty include award winning fiction writers John Brandon, Scott Morris and M.O. Walsh, best […]
SLR Shares Favorite Reads for Mother’s Day
May 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This month, Southern Lit Review celebrates Mother’s Day by recognizing the books that most inspired our female contributors. The list will include some familiar titles, and some that haven’t been widely recognized. Some are modern, others classics. A few are fiction, others memoirs or nonfiction. The common thread among the titles is the […]
Philosopher and Novelist, Ron Cooper, Flexes the Muscles of the Mind
May 2, 2011 by 1 Comment
SLR Contributor, Donna Meredith, discusses her thought-provoking meeting with philosopher and novelist, Ron Cooper, author of our May Read of the Month, Purple Jesus, which – as you’ll read below – doesn’t mean what you might think. ___________________________________________________________ Jane Austen wrote while her family whirled about her in a comfortable village home. Ernest Hemingway […]
May Read of the Month, Purple Jesus by Ron Cooper
May 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Buy Ron Cooper serves up dark humor, deep philosophy, and quirky characters in Purple Jesus Review by Donna Meredith Many novelists flounder when it comes to creating characters who talk and think differently. Not so, Ron Cooper, a professor of Humanities at the College of Central Florida. Every voice that speaks […]