What was the first story with which this book started? When was that story written and what inspired it? I suddenly remembered the fact that I’d truly loved the taste of orange sherbet at an ice cream parlor across the street from Carlson’s Supermarket in Ironwood, Michigan; I must’ve been…
Nanci Arvizu writes: I had the honor of reviewing “Kaleidoscope, An Asian Journey of Colors,” by Sweta Vikram in 2011 on Page Readers, my podcast way back when. I was thrilled when she reached out to share her latest work, Piece of Peace, an autobiographical account of one woman’s unique…
Enlightening, emotional, eye-opening, extraordinary book The author was first offered Belize for her Peace Corps Volunteer work, but ended up going to the north of Uganda at the mere age of sixty-four. Brave is an understatement, and I cannot imagine a more difficult assignment (although there are many war-torn areas…
U.P. Reader — Volume #5: Bringing Upper Michigan Literature to the World Mikel Classen and Deborah K Frontiera Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com 9781615995714, $17.95 paperback, $28.95 hardcover, 308 pages B09253976L, $5.95 Kindle The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is also known as Upper Michigan or the UP, with people native to…
Title: Carnival Lights By: Chris Stark Publisher: Modern History Press Author Website: https://www.christinestark.com/ ISBN-10: 1615995781 ISBN-13: 978-1615995783 Price: Hardcover $37.95, Paperback $24.95, Kindle $6.95 Page Count: 268 Formats (HC, PB, Kindle) With good reason, two teens run away from a reservation and get jobs at the Minnesota State Fair. Although the…
The East Side Freedom Library invites you to A Book Launch Virtual Event with Christine Stark and her new book, Carnival Lights and Mona Susan Power and her new book, A Council of Dolls. Chris Stark is an award-winning writer, organizer, and researcher with Ojibwe, Cherokee, and European ancestry. Her…
A Room of One’s Own welcomes local poet R.B. Simon, author of The Good Truth, and Lambda Literary Award finalist Chris Stark, author of Carnival Lights, for a virtual conversation on Crowdcast! “The Good Truth, the fiercely validating debut from R.B. Simon, is a blazing manifesto of claiming identities within…
By Ernest Dempsey Historical fiction is not always about wars and dynasties or romance tales set in times of kings and knights. Sometimes it’s more about the story of a place seen through the eyes of characters. In Deborah K. Frontiera’s Superior Tapestry: Weaving the Threads of Upper Michigan History…
How to fearlessly leverage your network (like Sweta Vikram did) One of the things I love about LinkedIn, the social media platform for professionals, is that it is the home not only of your personal brand, but also of your Rolodex. Because the thing is, you may not realize just…
This is not the type of book I would normally pick up but I loved it and wanted to see how the main character’s life would end up. I am happy to say that I have not had to deal with drug addiction but I still felt a deep connection…
Reviewed by Jen Oliver-Rigsby for Reader Views (5/2021) “More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie” is a collection of stories from real EMS, ER, paramilitary and firefighter responders telling their sides of dealing with traumatic cases. The stories range from veterinary to medical to behavioral health trauma. Each story discusses how…
A brief book trailer for the new book coming soon from Nancy M. Schwartz and April Beard describes Alex’s progress in learning the cello. Alex was born with Trisomy 21 a.k.a. Down Syndrome but his love of music is no less than anybody else. Learn more about this book as…
From 4-30-21, a virtual event featuring Anishinaabe author, activist and teacher Chris Stark, with comments and dialogue with Chamorro author, activist and attorney Julian Aguon, honoring the publication of Chris’ forthcoming novel, “Carnival Lights”, a novel about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. Co-sponsored by Repair & the UCLA American Indian…
www.readerviews.com Providing book by book publicity for Indie Authors since 2005. More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie: My Life as a Nurse Paramedic Sherry Jones Mayo Modern History Press (2021) ISBN: 9781615991419 Reviewed by Lily Andrews for Reader Views (04/2021) A thoughtful look at the lives of emergency service personnel…
Raymond Luczak’s short stories are among the most unusual I have read. They have immense power, due to three things. First, he takes the reader firmly into the reality of the narrator of the story. Second is the vividly depicted setting this person lives in. Third is the subtle elegance…
Review by professional editor Bob Rich, PhD Think of this little book Great Little Last-Minute Editing Tips for Writers as an amusingly annotated dictionary of samples of likely word confusions. To expand: It is little (my apologies short; an illegitimate word substitution not in it): less than 60 pages. It…
Septuagenarian: Love is What Happens When I Die By Sherry Quan Lee 102 pages ISBN: 978-1-61599-568-4 Modern History Press Copyright 2021 Review by LB Sedlacek Sherry Quan Lee has put together an unsettling yet brilliant juxtaposition of sweet and sad, love and anger that will hit you right at your…
*Time sensitive! Starting soon! Creative Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World an 8-week multi-genre creative writing class with Anya Achtenberg March 24 through May 12 For writers of fiction, memoir/creative nonfiction, poetry, essay, hybrid forms, for an extraordinary expansion of creativity in writing as one writes more…
On March 2nd, 2021, The Donna Seebo Show hosted Patricia Byrnes to talk about her memoir “TRISH“. Patricia Byrnes’s life began with being reared by deaf parents during an era when the deaf community was shunned rather than supported. Poverty, alcoholism, incest and poor parenting were the underpinnings of Patricia’s…
Reviewed by Chelsy Scherba for Reader Views (02/2021) Carolyn Howard-Johnson helps writers tackle the most challenging step to becoming a published author: the book proposal. “The Great First Impressions Book Proposal: Everything You Need to Know About Selling Your Book to an Agent or Publisher in Thirty Minutes or Less”…
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