Review by Donna Meredith Doug Alderson’s Wild Florida Waters: Exploring the Sunshine State by Kayak and Canoe takes us on an amazing journey down miles of winding rivers. Alderson has a gift for making readers feel immersed in the scent of muddy bottoms, enthralled by the cries of limpkins, and calmed by paddles slurping […]
“The Color of Lies,” by Donna Meredith
November 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Philip K. Jason In the season of Barack Obama’s successful presidential campaign, the stability of a small South Georgia town is threatened by racial stresses and strains. A racial slur is found on a school blackboard. A dynamic Afro-American minister threatens a law suit against the school system, challenging its treatment of Black […]
Green Gospel, by L.C. Fiore
September 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Click to Buy Green Gospel by L.C. Fiore Reviewed by Donna Meredith Other writers have tried to take us into the minds of domestic terrorists, most recently Pearl Abraham, with American Taliban, John Updike, with Terrorist, and David Goodwillie, with American Subversive. Although these novels focus on attacks inspired by al-Qaida, the FBI lists […]
Mississippi Cotton by Paul H. Yarbrough
July 20, 2011 by 1 Comment
Mississippi Cotton by Paul Yarbrough Reviewed By Donna Meredith It might seem odd to characterize a novel that begins with a dead body found in a river as quiet, yet Mississippi Cotton, by Paul Yarbrough, flows at a gentle pace through the summer of 1951. The tenderness of the family scenes, soft […]
Meet Elizabeth Stuckey-French: Author of July Read of the Month, Revenge of the The Radioactive Lady
July 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Elizabeth Stuckey-French is the author of a novel, Mermaids on the Moon, a collection of short stories, The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa, and, with Janet Burroway, Writing Fiction: A Guide to the Narrative Craft. Her new novel, The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady, was released by Doubleday in spring 2011. She […]