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Dec.17.2010
If there’s one thing this world has a significant shortage of, it’s Christian science fiction and/or fantasy. I apply this comment to all realms of media and entertainment, including books, movies, plays, and even audio drama. The latter of these are in especially short demand, not just in the...
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Dec.15.2010
The Great American Poetry ShowVolume 2Poems byEdited by Larry Ziman, Madeline Sharples, Nicky SelditzThe Muse MediaWest Hollywood, CAVolume 2 Copyright © 2010 by Larry ZimanHardcover, 157 pages, $35Review by Zvi A. Sesling
This book of poetry really is a "show." It is 8x10, hardcover and...
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Dec.15.2010
Books are among my all-time favorite presents. The unique nature, thoughtfully chosen by someone who knows when a book is right for me, and with it comes the promise of time. Yes, a rich span of time when I can read at leisure, and dream of far-off places. What better gift for the book lover in...
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Dec.11.2010
BOOK REVIEW: 'Burnt Books'
by Martin Sieff -The Washington Times
BURNT BOOKS: RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV AND FRANZ KAFKABy Roger KamenetzSchocken, $25, 384 pages
The lives, works and achievements of Franz Kafka of Prague and the far less well known 19th-century Jewish mystic Reb Nachman of...
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Dec.11.2010
I didn't expect to get any more reviews of my second book, What Feeds Us, so it was just delightful to learn that Sheila Bender had reviewed the book in her magazine, Writing It Real. This is a subscription only online publication, but occasionally there's an issue that includes non-subscribers....
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Nov.23.2010
My editor sent me a notice about a great review for NOWHERE TO HIDE from The Romance Studio Yesterday.
Nowhere to HideTerry OdellRomantic suspenseAvailable from The Wild Rose PressISBN: 1-60154-767-6July 2010
Colleen McDonald has escaped to Orlando, Florida from Oregon. Post...
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Nov.14.2010
Poet and reviewer Nicelle Davis has written a delightfully wacky review of my book, Temptation by Water. The review is posted at Pank and illustrates that reviews don't have to be stodgy affairs. This one is creative and unusual. There's a brief prose overview and then two visuals. Yes, visuals! ...
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Oct.17.2010
RED
Starring: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Ernest Borgnine, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox, Richard Dreyfuss and more.
Premise: Frank Momses, a retired CIA operative trying to adjust to civilian life suddenly finds himself a target for termination. Having...
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Oct.12.2010
I was delighted yesterday to find that a review of my new book, Temptation by Water, has appeared online in Rattle. To tempt you to read the review, here's the Introduction: "Temptation by Water, Diane Lockward’s fourth volume of poetry, is both fierce and funny. This lively new collection...
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Sep.27.2010
We Rise In the Bulbs of Night
ORGANIZED INTO FIVE “ACTS,” SLAVES TO DO THESE THINGS IS, OSTENSIBLY, THEATRICAL IN TERMS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT—THOUGH THE DRAMATIC ACTION ISN’T ALWAYS QUITE CLEAR. THAT’S ALRIGHT. MYSTERY PLAYS ARE RARE AT PRESENT.
You might say that God is in her details—not that...
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