Reviewed by Donna Meredith Hidden in plain sight, human trafficking occurs in American neighborhoods where few expect that such a crime could exist, in the world of shopping malls and classy restaurants. But someone—a banker, a motel owner, a health care worker—surely suspects what is happening and fails to speak out. Margaret Dardess gives voice […]
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“Chenneville” by Paulette Jiles
December 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Paulette Jiles’ newest one, Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance (William Morrow 2023) is a fine adaptation of a classic hero’s-journey archetype. It is both an action-oriented adventure story and a splendidly well-written literary novel about a most painful period in our history. As Jiles has successfully done in prior novels, she creates a […]
Claire Hamner Matturro interviews H. H. Leonards, author of “Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: Life, Lessons, and Leadership”
June 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was a Southern Black woman born into the Jim Crow South who became an icon of the civil rights movement after her refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. Author and friend, H. H. Leonards, writes that with that “one simple act, Mrs. Rosa Parks changed the trajectory of […]
“In Sun’s Shadow,” by Paul Sohar
August 6, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Mike Foldes Paul Sohar’s latest collection, In Sun’s Shadow, divides a life into seven sections. Sohar explains in his introduction that his poems here do not appear chronologically but are grouped by their relation to general themes: War & Peace (autobiographical), The Orphan Key (riffs on the sensations of being), Insomniac Dreams (art […]
“The Book of Cain,” by Jeff Lowe
June 25, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Joshua S. Fullman The story of Cain’s slaying of his brother and fall from grace stands as one of the great myths of the human condition. It rightly claims envy the source of nearly all interpersonal conflict, pitting us against one another for property, position, and approval. Further, it relates the origin of […]