By: Carol Smallwood Lois Ruskai Melina, authorPaper back: 182 pages; $16.95: Kindle $5.99ISBN-13: 978-1951651411Publisher: Shanti Arts LLC (September, 2020)http://www.shantiarts.co/uploads/files/mno/MELINA_GRAMMAR.html A reviewer, Rene Denfeld, longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, observes about The Grammar of Untold Stories: “Each essay…
By: Gaither Stewart The Polish word, jestem—‘I am’, ‘here I am’, ‘present’—seems to define the life of the writer and cult figure for a generation, Andrzej Kusniewicz. On an overcast, pollution-infested Warsaw afternoon over thirty years ago in his crowded…
Interviewed by: Carol Smallwood Mary Mackey, with a B.A. from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The University of Michigan, is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning poet. Maxine Hong Kingston noted: “Mary Mackey’s poems are…
‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ is Arundhati Roy’s 2nd novel. Her first novel ‘God of Small Things’ was a runaway success and won her the prestigious Booker Prize. Despite its dark tale, ‘God of Small Things’ did win her a…
By: Carol Smallwood Rosemary McKinley’s interest in history is evident: she was a history and writing teacher before she retired. She has been published in several magazines and in included in anthologies. Her books include: 101 Glimpses of the North Fork…
By: William T. Hathaway Differences over Israel tear apart a Jewish marriage From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War Stan and Hannah Cooper are friends of mine from college days. Both are Jewish, but they have diametrically opposed…