More than our physiques, the COVID-19 pandemic has shrouded, stricken our minds. The scare has hurt more people and caused widespread harm than the virus can ever do. The trust has bottomed […]
Review: ‘Hibiscus’ stabs readers with smiles
Review: “Consciousness and the Quantum: The Next Paradigm”
By William T. Hathaway At last a book that not only makes quantum physics understandable for general readers but shows how it has practical value for us. Author Dr. Robert M. Oates […]
Relishing the last sweet bite before it all ends in Harjo’s ‘Perhaps the World Ends here’
By Hiba Heba A kitchen table is ornamented with the paragons of humanity. It is the beginning, as well as the end of the world. Joy Harjo and her pensiveness record history […]
Ashish Jaiswal raises key questions in ‘Fluid’, proposes a workable solution
By Onkar Sharma Very recently, I picked up another book from the Crossword bookstore. It was a book called ‘Fluid’ by Ashish Jaiswal. ‘Fluid’ is a treatise that questions the popular education […]
Unearthing the true treasure in Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’
By Onkar Sharma Santiago, the shepherd and the protagonist of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’, goes after a treasure but finds many as far as I understood the tale. I suddenly drew out […]
‘The Supreme Awakening’ – a review by William T. Hathaway
Reviewed by William T. Hathaway The Supreme Awakening: Experiences of Enlightenment Throughout Time — And How You Can Cultivate Them is the ultimate guide to higher states of consciousness. This latest book […]
Heartwood
By: Shilpa Rajagopal In botany one day we learned about tylosis,the physiological process – a phenomenon, really-that protects the heartwood in treesa battalion of vessels barricading the decay so that darkness no […]
That Which I Am
By: Joan Carol Bird Peru The curator lingerson monastery steps—restoration renders fourfanciful touristsfortunate voyeursin this sixteenth-century cloister.Besides the hermitall life here is for the moment banished.Our monk ushers usfrom one macabre chamberto […]
Review: ‘Toward a Peeping Sunrise’ – a poetry collection
By: Carol Smallwood Carole Mertz, author, poet, and editor, has had works published in literary journals, U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and Africa. She is a Book Review Editor for Dreamers Creative Writing; […]
‘Rubies’ and other poems by Jean Fineberg
By: Jean Fineberg Rubies Glistening ruby beads on four parallel chains parade across her teenage arm. A shaft of sunlight penetrates the drawn blinds. Nighttime at noon. Her shaking hand holds a […]
