Reviewed By Donna Meredith The Gendarme, by Mark Mustian, is a brilliantly conceived and carefully crafted novel about the Armenian genocide that took place during and immediately after World War I. The choice of a 92-year-old Turkish man living in Georgia as narrator is one of the author’s bold decisions. Emmett Conn has a brain […]
Crossing the Creek: The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, by Anna Lillios
December 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Reviewed by Philip K. Jason Crossing the Creek, by Anna Lillios, is a dual biography and critical study placing side by side two amazing women. Subtitled “The Literary Friendship of Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,” the book sets into revealing tension the ways each woman made herself into an artist by finding, and […]
Meet John Brandon, Author of Citrus County
November 3, 2010 by 3 Comments
John Brandon’s name has been whispered among literary circles as a writer to watch since he was selected as the 2009-10 John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. His first novel, Arkansas, took readers on a wild ride through the “trailer trash” world of drugs and violence. And, he left them wanting more. […]
November Read of the Month, Citrus County by John Brandon
November 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Review by Sean Ennis John Brandon’s second novel, Citrus County, is, on its surface, a typical sort of coming of age novel. Fourteen year old Toby wishes for a more exciting life in rural Florida, tries ineptly to understand Shelby, a potential love interest, and battles his superiors with both apathy and cunning. But […]
Palm Beach Poetry Festival
October 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Palm Beach Poetry Festival Delray Beach, Florida January 17 -22, 2011 Application Deadline: November 2, 2010 This festival offers intermediate and advanced workshops, craft talks, readings, and panels. The faculty includes poets Stuart Dischell, Jane Hirshfield, Thomas Lux, Heather McHugh, Vijay Seshadri, Ellen Bryant Voigt, C. D. Wright, and Dean Young. Tuition is $725 […]