American history, like that of every other nation in the world, is marred by ugly episodes. On that dishonorable list, slavery and the persecution of Native Americans are followed closely by the internment of Japanese-Americans who were... Read More

Poet Ada Geller has compiled an old-fashioned, dolorous collection of fifty poems in "My Lot". The dominant theme here is one of longing; for the happiness of youth, for Edenic visions of nature, and for bittersweet memories of departed... Read More

Amit’s health quickly deteriorated, and then he was gone. His parents were left looking back with the “hope of making some sense of it all.” Amit’s father, Jeevan Zutshi, writes, “The truth is, we cannot blame... Read More

Charlie looks across a village green. He notices that the shadows of the people seem to be dragging heavy iron balls attached to chains. However, the humans themselves are unencumbered by any medieval torture devices. Observing with him... Read More

“God is a concept created within the human mind” Bedrich V. Hettich writes. “…The human mind tries to understand and give meaning to the basis upon which we as humans came into existence. Our minds strive to find answers from the... Read More

In a culture whose media are soaked in hateful anti-gay imagery the malevolent words and deeds of hatemongers like Fred Phelps and legislative initiatives that attempt to deprive gay people of their rights this is a refreshing and... Read More

The Deutsche Democratic Republic during the Warsaw Pact era was a grey country steeped in mutual suspicion. As this book’s protagonist views it “East Germany seemed to stay stopped in time—her guess 1949.” A mind-boggling... Read More

This author is no stranger to the writing world. He served as Maine’s Poet Laureate for five years running and has published seven books of poetry, but in this book-length prose work, he chooses to examine, in a wry and elegant style,... Read More