Theresa Varela – Nuyorican in Brooklyn
Novelist and poet Theresa Varela continues her practice of writing about familiar characters in Brooklyn, New York, where she was born and has since lived. In her novel, Coney Island Siren, we enter the life of Maggie Fuentes, an attractive nurse who is in a relationship with equally attractive Frank Ramirez, a police officer. While […]
Johnnie Bernhard – Examining the Human Experience
Reviews and blurbs for Sisters of the Undertow are circulating and praising Johnnie Bernhard for another gripping novel. It explores the sibling bond, or lack thereof, between Kim and Kathy Hodges who are sixteen months apart in ages. Their parents are a Houston, Texas middle class couple who welcomed perfectly healthy Kim with joy, but […]
Charlotte Harrison – The Voice of a Young Poet
Author Charlotte Harrison writes poetry that engages readers with an infusion of tenderness, strength, and vulnerability. In her first book, Fourteen, she begins with a poem that expresses her inspiration and invites us to embrace the process of getting her voice onto the pages. Her poetry anthology delivers self-reflections, coming of age stories, and beyond. […]
Pam Webber – Creating Meaningful Historical Fiction
Pam Webber’s latest novel, Moon Water, takes us to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and its rich Native American history, where sixteen-year-old Nettie is coming of age and experiencing its associated complexities. While dealing with a life-time bully and fallout from boyfriend issues, other problems arise. Nibi, an old medicine woman for the Monacan Indians, […]
Kimothy Joy – That’s What She Said
Kimothy Joy’s painted portraits nearly leap off the pages of That’s What She Said: Wise Words from Influential Women. I’m happy to have this book in my home, able to pick it up at leisure for a boost of feminine pride. Fifty women are expressively featured, each personified with her own words, an inspirational and […]