Molly Moore, slight and unobtrusive, is silent but watchful. The youngest in a family of five children, she is the peacemaker and confidante, the keeper of secrets and the interpreter of desires. From her silent post, Molly is witness to... Read More
In "Reunion in Carmel", widowed Will Kempton, a former narcotics cop, flees the hard streets and rough memories of Jersey with his two young children to become police chief of the tiny tourist town of Carmel, California. His biggest... Read More
According to author Veda Duff Tohline, the Bible is not a book of history, though many certainly view it as such. She also claims that it is certainly not science or a rule book for social behavior. Instead, Tohline believes it to be a... Read More
“I do not believe that one becomes a writer to reinforce common values or common perspectives on reality,” writes Québécois poet, novelist, and essayist Nicole Brossard in this new and provocative compilation of poems gathered from... Read More
When NYC artist, Daniel Kane, says, “I want to become one with my art—bleed inside the paint, live inside the canvass,” he wants people to believe he can literally transfer “flesh to paint and back to flesh.” It’s a... Read More
Younger football fans can’t conceive of a time when conditions weren’t as they are today, with multi-million-dollar contracts and 300-pound linemen the norm. But the modern NFL did not spring on the scene whole cloth; there were... Read More
Thank you, Al Capone. Forget the glittering architecture, the kaleidoscopic public gardens, and the urbane cultural attractions. Ever since Prohibition (at least), Chicago has been saddled with a reputation as the crime capital of the... Read More
“Look. It’s empty out there, & cold. / Cold enough to reconcile / Even a father, even a son.” This epigraph from the poet Larry Levis launches this novel, set in northern Michigan. With prose at once lyrical and plainspoken,... Read More