by admin | Nov 21, 2013 | News
Last week on Veteran’s Day, as I was meditating on the deep sacrifices our country asks of its military families, I came across a documentary called The Gatekeepers. I’d read about the film when it came out and was reminded of it again at this year’s Academy Awards as...
by admin | Nov 14, 2013 | News
Our ancient metal roof was in sorry shape. The panels were sagging and streaked with red, as if they’d been raked by the claws of a winter storm. Rust was bubbling up through the paint. In fact, in some spots, a thin layer of paint seemed to be all that was standing...
by admin | Nov 7, 2013 | News
A few years ago, in Asheville, North Carolina, my wife and I wandered into a repurposed brick warehouse in the River Arts District and came out with a treasure: a clutch purse made out of a piece of a kilim rug, trimmed in black leather. I call it a “treasure” for a...
by admin | Oct 24, 2013 | News
Holding the Curve, a lovely new book of poems by Perry County native Melody Davis, owes a certain debt to Robert Frost, whose poem “Devotion,” was, I presume, the source of Ms. Davis’s title. With apologies to Ms. Davis for quoting another poet in her review, here is...
by admin | Oct 17, 2013 | News
I had a French teacher once, a charming mustachioed former footballer, who delighted in tormenting his students with tongue-twisters. “Prenez!” he’d say, thrusting one hand under his blue blazer, Napoleon-style, while waving the tobacco-stained fingers of the other....
by admin | Oct 10, 2013 | News
People think of writing as a solitary activity, and for the most part, that’s true. I’ve yet to meet the novelist who can write while talking on the phone, although such a multi-tasking wonder probably exists. Even if you’re forced, like Toni Morrison at the beginning...
