Parisian bookseller Laurent Letellier, on his way to enjoy a double espresso and study his notes for an upcoming book signing, discovers a mauve leather handbag, in excellent condition and obviously not empty, sitting upon a waste bin... Read More

The villagers call him the Story Man; the whites know him as the Barefoot Librarian. He walks from one village to the next, carrying loads of books and conducting performances based on the stories he reads. Sometimes he imagines he is... Read More

“Wandering is better than place sometimes, than home, than destination,” writes Michelle Latiolais in the opening story of "Widow". In wandering, this particular widow can almost convince herself that she is not so alone. Each of the... Read More

Carol Patterson’s "Reinventure" is a collection of stories about the adventures she has experienced while leading tours and traveling around the world with her husband and friends. While her stories are often amusing her intention to... Read More

“Ten poems per subject / and a hundred grouped haikus / right wrongs rail weep pray.” This seventeen-word description of J.A. Rooney’s collection of socially conscious poems "The Century Collection" is from the author himself. The... Read More

One must go to Jesus and the eleven to find a group of men who have more impacted the world for good. Alexander Hamilton, with the help of James Madison and John Jay, penned a series of persuasive essays supporting ratification of the... Read More

The health care system in the United States is severely ill and heading for permanent disability barring urgent intervention. Once powerful physicians now undercut each other over a shrinking pool of HMO payments as their views on... Read More

Divorce has been described as the psychological equivalent of a coronary by-pass; Teddy Tarr would likely agree. She tells a sadly familiar tale describing a comfortable life as a successful psychologist and complacent wife that was... Read More