by Admin | Jul 16, 2014 | creativity, fiction, historical fiction, thriller
First published in the New York Journal of Books, July 16 2014 The Orpheus Descent by Tom Harper Review by Janet Levine “In The Orpheus Descent, Harper uses his novelist’s skills to plausibly recreate time and place—his settings in ancient Italy and Greece...
by Admin | Apr 19, 2014 | Children, college, creativity, high school, Parenting, young adults
This is me, this past week, teaching a Philosophy class, in the same classroom, at the same school, as I have done for these past 29 years. I look happy, I am happy, I love teaching. If all there is to teaching is teaching, then, on most days I feel I can...
by Admin | Feb 17, 2014 | college, creativity, fiction, meditation
Voluptua: A Novel Author(s): Jason Martin Release Date: June 1, 2013 Publisher/Imprint: Turn the Page Publishing Pages: 247 Buy on Amazon Reviewed by: Janet Levine “The writing is weak. Somewhere amid the tangle of words and images is the potential for a novel, but...
by Admin | Jun 11, 2013 | Children, Parenting, young adults
From the New York Journal of Books, June 11 2013 One and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One by Lauren Sandler Reviewed by Janet Levine | Released: June 11, 2013 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (224 pages) “. . . raises provocative...
by Admin | May 1, 2013 | Children, college, creativity, Parenting, Uncategorized, young adults
by T. Berry Brazelton Reviewed by Janet Levine | Released: April 29, 2013 Publisher: Da Capo Press (256 pages) Review published in New York Journal of Books www.nyjb.com “Such is the importance of Dr. Brazelton’s work that this sensitive memoir fills a gap as to...