Jim Minnick’s The Blueberry Years, re-released in paperback a few weeks ago, proclaims itself, in the subtitle, as being a “memoir of farm and family.” And so it is. Yet, while Minnick is too humble to proclaim it as such, it is the reader’s prerogative to make of a book what it really and truly […]
Meet River Jordan, Author of Praying for Strangers
June 15, 2011 by
River Jordan has made a name for herself as a fiction writer and playwright, never dreaming she’d share anything about her personal life to her readers. Now, she’s dared to reach beyond her comfort zone to pen a motivational memoir, Praying for Strangers. I wish I had read it prior to May, so that I could […]
Meet Mark Richard, Author of June Read of the Month – House of Prayer No. 2
June 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Award-winning author, Mark Richard, graciously took time to discuss his memoir, House of Prayer No. 2, which was selected as the SLR June Read of the Month. We hope you enjoy reading the fascinating conversation between Richard and SLR editor-in-chief, Julie Cantrell. SLR: What I love about this book the most is that my high school […]
June Read of the Month: House of Prayer No. 2, by Mark Richard
June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
House of Prayer No. 2 By Mark Richard Click to Buy In the first few sentences of his intoxicating memoir, House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home, Mark Richard builds a unique relationship with the reader. He plucks you out of the real world and drops you directly into a bizarre parallel […]