When I came out to a college friend, I lamented my hesitance to claim the label bisexual. “Questioning if you’re bi enough is like, peak bi,” she told me. This conversation replayed over and over in my head as I read Neema Avashia’s Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place (West […]
“Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place” by Neema Avashia
February 27, 2023 by Leave a Comment
“Scaring the Bears” by Gordon Johnston
February 15, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Steven Croft As Gordon Johnston’s fellow Georgia writer Tony Grooms has said, “Writers are, by occupation, collectors—not just of books—but observations and experiences.” Scaring the Bears: Poems (Mercer University Press, 2021) is a “middle-of-the-journey” consideration by a fifty-something speaker of an entire life: where he has been and where he believes he is going. The […]
“Lark Ascending” by Silas House
February 15, 2023 by 1 Comment
What with climate change and ineffective, unstable democracies, no wonder many novelists have penned apocalyptic stories in recent years. Renowned Southern author Silas House is the latest to try the genre, crafting a poignant tale, Lark Ascending (Algonquin Books, 2022). The title comes from a George Meredith poem of the same title. The novel’s final […]
Spring 2023 Writing Class With Meredith Sue Willis
February 15, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This six session Novel (and other prose narrative) Writing Class is appropriate both for beginners and for those who want to restart or gain momentum with their projects. The cost is $360. The class runs 6 Wednesdays 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Eastern: March 1, 2023 March 8, 2023 March 15, 2023 March 22, 2023 March 29, […]
“Night Letter: A Novel” by Sterling Watson
February 15, 2023 by Leave a Comment
With Night Letter (2023), Florida author Sterling Watson proves once more that he is a master storyteller and an exemplary writer. Set in the Sixties in the Florida Panhandle, the novel’s focus is on its sole narrator, an eighteen-year-old youth just released from six years in a Nebraska reform school. This narrator, Travis Hollister, tells […]
Donna Meredith interviews Errol Pierre, Author of “The Way Up: Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color” (Wiley, 2022)
February 14, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Errol Pierre is the author of “The Way Up: Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color” (Wiley, 2022). He is currently the Senior Vice President of State Programs at Healthfirst Inc., the largest not-for-profit health plan in New York. He manages their Medicaid and Long-Term Care business unit and close to 500 people and […]