Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
For years I’ve wanted to go to Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in the hills above Temecula, California. I finally got to go this summer, and I was thrilled. Unlike other colonies I’ve gone to and...
View ArticleBread Loaf 2011
I also got to go to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference this summer. What fun rooming with my pal Katrina Denza! Now there’s a sly sense of humor. We both had a great time. I worked with the amazing...
View ArticleMichael Kasper Reviews Lift Your Right Arm by Peter Cherches
Peter Cherches has been writing short-prose since before cute phrases like “Flash Fiction” or “Short Shorts” were coined to characterize the genre. His first books came out in the early 1980’s, from...
View ArticleWest Coast Interviews – Gail Chehab
Gail Chehab‘s stellar new novel The Tunnel transports you to a whole new world, unless you’ve already lived on the Gaza Strip right before the Arab Spring. Many of us only think about this region when...
View ArticleWest Coast Interviews – Anne Leigh Parrish
What Is Found, What Is Lost by Anne Leigh Parrish is a captivating look at the lives of two sisters raised by a mother who, at seventeen, hit the road to follow a revivalist minister. Parrish’s gritty...
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