by Admin | Dec 31, 2014 | creativity, meditation, Memoir
This week of Christmas/New Year I want to honor a friend who is undergoing an unfortunate decline in health and who is often in my mind. I visited her one Christmas week several years ago and the shared experience of celebrating Christmas and New Year in New Mexico...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2014 | creativity, fiction, historical fiction, human rights, reconciliation
Solstice Greetings December 21, 2014 When thinking what to blog about at this juncture of the year, the word “books” keeps coming to mind. Books, in many ways remain an anchor in my life. So, I am going to share my great pleasure in books by selecting several...
by Admin | Oct 22, 2014 | creativity, fiction, gay and lesbian, historical fiction, human rights, thriller
First Published in the New York Journal of Books October 21, 2014: The Paying Guests by Sarah Water The Paying Guests by English author Sarah Waters is a brilliant novel. This book deserves the accolades and favorable reviews currently garlanding its release. Sarah...
by Admin | Aug 16, 2014 | creativity, fiction
First published in the New York Journal of Books: August 16 2014 Before, During, After by Richard Bausch Reviewer: Janet Levine Richard Bausch, a much celebrated and prize-winning American author of 12 novels, in his latest work Before, During, After...
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...
