Interviews

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, on Reading

Losing a Daughter to the Opioid Epidemic: An Interview with Elise Schiller

Kelly Sarabyn

Interview with Ed Rucker, Author of Justice Makes a Killing

Kate Newton

Daralyse Lyons, author of Yoga Cocaine, on Memoir Writing

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, Memoir, on Creativity, on Writing

See something, Say nothing: An interview with Pamela Fernandes about her recent thriller Painting Kuwait Violet

What happens when a young college graduate, Violet Baretto leaves her home in India to work in oil-rich Kuwait as a maid for a wealthy Kuwaiti woman? She stands up, not just for herself, but for the most vulne... Read More...

YA Author Kathryn Berla Talks New Romance, Beau & Bett

Mary Sullivan

Young adult author Kathryn Berla weaves a classic fairy tale into a sweet romance with her new title, Beau & Bett. She kindly answered our questions about the book. Mary Sullivan: Why did you choose to d... Read More...

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

Interviews, Memoir

Drawing from her seven-year experience as a technician at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park Archaeology Laboratory as well as her own personal experience, Elizabeth Mosier demonstrates how an archaeological appr... Read More...

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

Interviews, Reviews

In her debut intersectionality novel Profound and Perfect Things, Dr. Maribel Garcia hits directly at the heart of deep human questions. Do family ties support us or bind us? At our core, do we all simply want ... Read More...

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

Interviews, Reviews

As difficult as mothering is today, we take for granted how far along we have come. Can you imagine being a single mother in 1883 Philadelphia society? Written as a series of journal entries, in which the title... Read More...

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

Kelly Sarabyn

Raegan Moya-Jones was a mother in her thirties when she decided to start her own company selling baby blankets. Despite lacking a business education or any knowledge of the textile industry, she launched aden + anais and grew it to $1 million in revenue while ... Read More...

The Shaman of Turtle Valley: An Interview with Clifford Garstang

Aiken Alexander left his family home and high school sweetheart to join the army and live in Seoul, Korea. He'd hoped to leave behind indecision and immaturity. Maybe that explains why he is so quick to marry h... Read More...

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

Interviews, Memoir, Reviews

Imagine being thirteen years old, and being called up at your Bat Mitzvah, summoned to recite the blessings before and after the Torah reading. For many Jewish teenagers, this coming of age ritual ceremony mark... Read More...

Carol Goodman Thrills with THE NIGHT VISITORS

In Carol Goodman's latest The Night Visitors, Alice and Oren are on the run. They're fleeing to Sanctuary, a secret harbor for victims of domestic abuse. Mattie, an older woman with a sympathetic nature, meets them at a bus station and is meant to bring them d... Read More...

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