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...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2014 | creativity, fiction, young adults
This review published July 14 in The New York Journal of Books The Heiresses: A Novel Reviewed by: Janet Levine “The Heiresses” by Sara Shepard is bad—bad, bad, bad, about as bad as any novel I’ve ever not read beyond the first two or three pages. Page 1:...
by Admin | Jun 25, 2013 | Children, college, creativity, high school, teaching tales
Stay, Illusion!: The Hamlet Doctrine by Simon Critchley Jamieson Webster Reviewed by Janet Levine | Released: June 25, 2013 Publisher: Pantheon (288 pages) “Stay, Illusion! is not a graceful gavotte but a gallop through the fields of thought . . .” Stay, Illusion! is...
by Admin | Feb 24, 2013 | Generation E, meditation, mind structure, reconciliation
In the psychology of personality if we use a model such as the Enneagram, we are helped to face our emotional avoidances. This is a huge step towards cultivating psychological wellbeing. If you are coping with an unexpected dire illness or accident, extended family...