by ta | Aug 4, 2008 | Fiction
It has been over twenty years since Toni Morrison wrote her groundbreaking novel Beloved. With a long awaited novel The Mercy, coming out in November and billed as a “companion piece to Beloved,” Morrison has a lot to celebrate. But, a simple commemoration...
by ta | Jul 28, 2008 | Fiction
Mystery writer Howard Engel woke up one morning terrified to find that he couldn’t read the words in the newspaper. In his new memoir, Engel describes living with a rare condition called word blindness, which leaves him able to write, but unable to read. Could...
by ta | Jul 18, 2008 | Fiction
Sometimes it’s the little things – the touch of a hand, a sudden change in plans – that set off a chain of life-changing events. In the days before 9/11, a stripper named April brings her daughter to work at the Puma Club for men because her...
by ta | Jul 15, 2008 | Fiction
Now, my friends, is the time to nurture your creative side. If you need an excuse let’s call it a “job responsibility” that comes with parenting, okay? Nurturing your own creative spirit will not only bring more peace, satisfaction and joy into your...
by ta | Jul 11, 2008 | Fiction
“Rosie and Abigail are like family,” Ina Merriweather used to say. That is, until the day Ina abruptly cast out her housekeeper, Rosie, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Abigail. Abigail felt deeply betrayed, especially by Ina’s daughter Lila, who was her closest...
