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Matrix by Lauren Groff

by Admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorized

Matrix by Lauren Groff is a welcome assault on readers’ sensibilities–in this case ears and eyes, to say nothing of minds. In uniquely syntaxed prose, lucid and almost cinematographic in the unfolding of her tale, Groff creates a 12th century world that relies on...

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

by Admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, this highly regarded author delivers another slamdunk novel. Hamnet is her first venture into historical fiction. She creates the ethos of rural, Elizabethan England within the story of grief-stricken domesticity, as an unpretentious...

Janet Levine Blog/Review in New York Journal of Books: Parisian Lives (Posted on November 14, 2019)

by Admin | Nov 14, 2019 | creativity, Literature, Memoir, Uncategorized

Reviewed By Janet Levine Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir Image of Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir Author(s): Deirdre Bair Release Date: November 12, 2019 Publisher/Imprint: Nan A. Talese Pages:...

Janet Levine Blog/Review in New York Journal of Books: Wild Life: Memoir (Posted November 14, 2019)

by Admin | Nov 14, 2019 | Baboon Camp, Coming-of-age, family, Memoir, Okavango Delta, Uncategorized, young adults

Reviewed By Janet Levine Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs Image of Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs Author: Keena Roberts Release Date: November 12, 2019 Publisher/Imprint: Grand Central Publishing...

MY HEARTFELT APPEAL DIRECTED TO REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO DITCH DRUMPF.

by Admin | Aug 3, 2016 | apartheid, Children, Conflagration, mind structure, reconciliation, teaching tales, Uncategorized, young adults

MY HEARTFELT APPEAL DIRECTED TO REPUBLICAN LEADERS TO DITCH DRUMPF. LET’S PUT OUR COUNTRY BACK ON A PATH OF SANITY. HE IS AMERICA’S GREATEST FAILURE. For most of my adult life I’ve been an educator, as well as a freelance journalist and an author, an international...

JANET LEVINE BLOG: NYJB BOOK REVIEW: THE ASTRONOMER & THE WITCH

by Admin | Apr 9, 2016 | Biography, creativity, family, Memoir, non-fiction, Parenting, reconciliation, Uncategorized

The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler’s Fight for his Mother Reviewed by: Janet Levine “Rublack creates an astute and informative study of witchcraft and witch trials.” The Astronomer and The Witch by Ulinka Rublack at first glance may appear to be a...