Piper Templeton explores the books of Minka Kent, a writer of “psychological suspense novels that draw the reader in from the word ‘go.’” The three books include The Memory Watcher, The Perfect Roommate, and The Thinnest Air.
In the early 1980s when I studied choreography with Dr. Alma Hawkins at Santa Monica Community College, The Courage to Create by Rollo May was on the reading list for…
What impresses me most about the storytelling and the writing of God Help the Child is how carefully Ms. Morrison chooses when to reveal what needs to be revealed so we can begin to understand the inner motivation of the characters’ journeys.
After Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, I followed the news about him—this dissident public intellectual who had given the Chinese government a major headache. Having read many books about nonviolent thought and action, I sensed that Liu Xiaobo’s life and writing could deepen my understanding further: He believed that words followed by action could change the direction of a country.
Florence Osmund writes layered novels centered on characters trying to find home in a literal and figurative sense. The novels explore how integral family is to each character and how…
This memoir shines a light on what’s possible, and hidden inside her story is a map showing a way to accomplish one’s dream—even the most unlikely and impossible dream.
Recently 1984 by George Orwell popped into my mind, perhaps because I needed to understand what I was witnessing in the first months of 2017, or at least make an attempt to understand.
Maria Savva's fiction expertly weaves moral ambiguities, deep-seated memories, and modern challenges into contemporary storytelling.
The books on a bookshelf can hold memories of a lived life -- many dreams, the places visited, a childhood, and adulthood.
Author Glenn Schiffman on reading as a writer. As he notes, "Fiction is not just a simulator of a social experience; it is a social experience."