Amy Wilhelm – Page 5 – Book Club Babble

In If I Forget You, Mr. Greene constructs a unique story, expertly handling the tools of elegant descriptive language and thoughtful considerations of what it means to love, learn, and grow. As he describes the... Read More...

Your Film’s on Life Support? Call a Doctor!

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews

Your Film’s On Life Support? Call a Doctor! Jon Connolly knows a lot about the film industry. He should, considering he’s worked on three to four hundred films over the course of a thirty-five year career t... Read More...

Running With the Champ, An Interview with Tim Shanahan

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews

This interview was originally posted on May 31, 2016, three days before Muhammad Ali departed his physical being, entering the spiritual world of his belief. It takes a special kind of dignity to stand in fr... Read More...

The Pursuit of Pearls: An Interview With Jane Thynne

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews

Author Jane Thynne The Pursuit of Pearls is everything you hope a novel will be. And, I’m not exaggerating. Except, perhaps, in my ambitious use of the word “you,” because this assumes we share similar crit... Read More...

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe

When I’m lounging on my comfortable sofa reading, my Persian cat Henry on my lap, I sometimes have a nagging fear that I’m being lazy. Perhaps I should be “doing something.” Of course, I do have a built-in excu... Read More...

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Looking At What is to be Seen: A Review of Dana Spiotta’s Innocents and Others

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews

With the eagerness of a student and knowledge of a seasoned teacher, Ms. Spiotta spins a captivating story that echoes a real life game of truth or consequences. Her characters are drawn from an exquisite blend... Read More...

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Unearthing The Lion Trees’ Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

A good story inspires its readers to do two things: think and feel. The characters that incite these activities should live within you, speaking in your mind long after the words on the page cease to be their t... Read More...

The Muses Always Win

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Creativity

I’m not sure what a modern-day muse looks like compared to those who whispered in Homer’s ear, but I do know their hours of operation. The ones who nudge my work along with a new plot development, or even a new... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews

Starting a new book is like boarding a ship destined for unknown waters. As such, you want to make sure you trust your captain. Debut author, Tabitha Lord, is a captain who warrants such confidence. In her firs... Read More...

Sifting Through Words

Amy Wilhelm

on Writing

I’m always thinking. And, always is not an arbitrary adverb. If you’ve read some of my other blogs, you’re aware I love practicing yoga because it creates a shimmering island of calm in a sea of unbridled thoug... Read More...

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

An Interview with Elizabeth Mosier, Author of Excavating Memory: Archaeology and Home (New Rivers Press, 2019).

Garcia’s PROFOUND AND PERFECT THINGS, A Timelessly Modern Intersectionality Novel

A Mother’s Day Chat with Janet Benton, Author of Lilli de Jong

How One Mother Defeated the Odds and Built a Baby Blanket Empire

The Shaman of Turtle Valley: An Interview with Clifford Garstang

An Interview with Tucker Lieberman about his latest book, Bad Fire: A Memoir of Disruption

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

What to Read if You’re Mourning the end of JANE THE VIRGIN – by Spark Press

Carl Vonderau’s Murderabilia: An edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the psychology of serial killers

Garcia’s PROFOUND AND PERFECT THINGS, A Timelessly Modern Intersectionality Novel

A Mother’s Day Chat with Janet Benton, Author of Lilli de Jong

An Interview with Tucker Lieberman about his latest book, Bad Fire: A Memoir of Disruption

Review of Listen to the Wind by Susanne Dunlap

Up for a Russia Spy Thriller Not on the Nightly News? Try Red Sparrow

Does the movie version of The Glass Castle hold up?

Is Everything, Everything Worth Watching?

Looking for an Adult Adventure Movie? Try The Lost City of Z

Lauren Oliver’s YA hit, Before I Fall, Hits the Silver Screen. Is it Worth Watching?

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

Who Will Win on Oscars Night? Hidden Figures Gets Our Vote

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

What to Read if You’re Mourning the end of JANE THE VIRGIN – by Spark Press

When the Person is the Message by Tucker Lieberman

Ebook-only Publishing Platform for Short Books: An Interview with Industry Game-Changer Brooke Warner

If I Forget You, an Interview with Thomas Christopher Greene

Your Film’s on Life Support? Call a Doctor!

Running With the Champ, An Interview with Tim Shanahan

The Pursuit of Pearls: An Interview With Jane Thynne

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Looking At What is to be Seen: A Review of Dana Spiotta’s Innocents and Others

Unearthing The Lion Trees’ Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

The Muses Always Win

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Sifting Through Words

Author Amy Wilhelm