Today’s discussion of ritual and superstition got us thinking about human eccentricity. Why, for example, are we so prone to believe silly notions about crossing fingers, stepping on cracks, broken mirrors, knocking on wood, walking... Read More

Small Fires / Ronnie Turner / Orenda Books / Softcover $16.99 (300pp) / 978-1-916788-47-3 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / In Ronnie Turner’s eerie novel Small Fires, a land is ruled by tales of the devil. Suspected for... Read More

Reviewer Peter Dabbene Interviews Ned Wenlock, Author of Tsunami / Like all authors, graphic novelists are faced with decisions about how best to put their story into words: plot, characters, themes, tense, timelines, tension building,... Read More

“It seems that current immigration policy is driven by fear more than reality. For example, immigrants are being rounded up at workplaces such as farms, meat processing plants, and hotels to be sent to other countries. This aspect of... Read More

Atomic Pilgrim / How Walking Thousands of Miles for Peace Led to Uncovering Some of America’s Darkest Nuclear Secrets / James Patrick Thomas / Latah Books / Hardcover $29.95 (260pp) / 978-1-957607-37-5 / Buy: Local Bookstore... Read More

“I’m not sure you can teach someone to love that feeling of pushing their limits above gear, it seems some people are simply drawn to it. I have always loved the exposure below my feet and I don’t know why. I have spent years... Read More

Nursery Rhymes in Black / Latorial Faison / University of Alaska Press / Softcover $16.95 (84pp) / 978-1-64642-727-7 / Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Poetry must come from somewhere that is more than the sum of family, race,... Read More

An Interview with Ana Hebra Flaster, Author of Property of the Revolution: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town / Every American immigrant story is both unique and similar to the tens of millions of emigrations that have... Read More