Published Reviews

Kirkus Reviews reviews In the Shadow of the Glacier by Vicki Delany In the Shadow of the Glacier Kirkus Reviews: A plan to build both a memorial park for Vietnam draft dodgers and a fancy new resort tears a small Canadian town... Read More »	Front Page San Francisco Chronicle Book Review reviews Jew Boy by Alan Kaufman Alan Kaufman is a survivor. It took him nearly half a century to realize it. As a kid, he believed ``there was no difference between a victim and a survivor,'' he... Read More »
Peace Corps Writers reviews When I Was Elena by Ellen Urbani "...As with any memorable story about an "other" place, [Urbani] extends a generosity of attention that allows readers to create their own sense of... Read More »	Seattle Weekly reviews When I Was Elena by Ellen Urbani "...[Urbani's] account is a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit - her own and that of the unbreakable Guatemalans. Potential Peace Corps do-gooders... Read More »
Nature: The Int'l Weekly Journal of Science reviews The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes [In addition to telling the stories of Henry Gray and H.V. Carter,] The Anatomist also concerns the progress of a third anatomist: Hayes himself. Early on in his... Read More »	Rain Taxi Review of Books reviews Mahcic: Selected Poems by Tomas Riley As the book-length debut by a veteran of the Chicano spoken-word collective Taco Shop Poets, Mahcic reflects the TSP's playful yet socially conscious sensibility,... Read More »
Curve Magazine reviews SoMa by Kemble Scott "The founder and editor of SoMa Literary Review, Kemble Scott channeled his fascination with San Francisco's South of Market district — an industrial dead... Read More »	Culturelink reviews New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development by Arlene Goldbard Arlene Goldbard is one of those writers who not only writes about culture -- she lives culture. She manages both to persuade us about her research but also... Read More »
The Washington Post reviews The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue "Utterly absorbing...The Stolen Child is an impressive double act, a fine example of what the French call the fantastique -- an intrusion into realism, a leak... Read More »	ForeWord Magazine reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens “To look twice is not good, not the way things should be, but I decide it is better than failing to look at all,” admits Jack Gorse, the lonely protagonist of... Read More »

Bitten by Books reviews The Dragons of Hazlett by Michelle L. Scott The Dragons of Hazlett is a delightful novel of intrigue, mystery and a world unlike any I’ve seen before. Read More »	Library Journal reviews The Successful Retirement Guide by R. Kevin Price The Library Journal gave The Successful Retirement Guide a "starred" review, commenting: "The beauty of retiree Price's book is its simplicity—one can pick a... Read More »
Kirkus reviews This Lovely Life by Vicki Forman Forman explores the many issues of premature birth without presuming to offer solutions or comfort, drawing directly from the raw outrage, torment and profound... Read More »	Thoughts in Progress reviews The Accidental Highland Hero by Terry Spear The beautiful scenery and flowing dialect will draw you in. The story will hold you captive as author Terry Spear takes you on a fantastic journey back in time for... Read More »
Long and Short Reviews reviews The Accidental Highland Hero by Terry Spear Playing make-believe is only fun when you’re a kid… and your life’s not at stake. Forced to take the place of her deceased cousin, Eilis is faced with a moral... Read More »	Time Out Delhi reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas The Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi identified a fundamental confusion when he related a dream in which he was a butterfly. On awakening, he wondered if he was... Read More »
Martha's Bookshelf reviews Seduced by the Wolf by Terry Spear 4.5!! I really liked the alpha characters of Cassie and Leidolf. The author does a good job building the tension as they dance around their attraction for each... Read More »	Reviewer's Bookwatch reviews The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India by Shelley Seale The Weight of Silence is a sociological travel memoir about the beauty, richness, and terrible poverty in India and, in particular, about the children. Shelley... Read More »
myshelf.com reviews The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation by Andrew B. Lewis For many of us the Civil Rights movement is epitomized by Martin Luther King, Jr. It is unfortunate that we seldom recall the contributions and sacrifices made by... Read More »	New York Times Book Review reviews The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli “Splendid first novel…Helen’s restlessness and grappling, her realization that “a woman sees war differently,” provide a new and fascinating perspective on Vietnam... Read More »