Clay is a marvelous medium for creative expression and with a little guidance, the results, however primitive, can be very satisfying. Based on their activities and experiences as teachers and artists, Nierman and the Arimas designed and... Read More

Six years ago on New Year’s Day, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation stepped into the main square of a small city in Chiapas, Mexico, and made a huge imprint on the international consciousness of human rights. The common soldier... Read More

Encapsulating a wide range of current theological scholarship, this insightful debate will inspire Christians to seek more knowledge of Buddhism and it will compel Buddhists to ponder Jesus in the light of his many Buddhist-like works.... Read More

“The soft glow of sentiment,” a poet once remarked “always makes me want to spit up.” Moranville’s stories test the borders of sentiment, and flirt constantly with nostalgia. Fortunately, the lyricism of these understated tales... Read More

Simple Kabbalah is the third in Conari Press’ Simple Wisdom Book Series, which seeks to provide accessible books on enlightening topics. Kabbalah is an ancient mystical Hebrew tradition delving into the esoteric understanding of the... Read More

Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, Jimmy Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Goldie Hawn, and, of course, Dean Martin. These stars and others are included in this fond look behind the scenes of the successful variety show hosted by Dean Martin for a... Read More

“This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of everything’s being dull and insipid about this house! I must be in love,” declares Jane Austen’s Emma.... Read More

“It’s a coarse and naked thing, the voice; / And silence a swaddling blanket,” Merritt writes in a book whose major images have to do with the senses and their denial. It is not only the voice that is silenced (“hard to say... Read More