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“Oh No They Didn’t”: Amerilexicophobia

Maribel Garcia
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AMERILEXICOPHOBIA: What’s that you ask? According to Lynne Murphy, an American linguistics professor, but longtime U.K. resident, it is an illness. It’s a form of distress that the British suffer from, an af... Read More...

Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Maribel Garcia
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In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...

How to Create a Successful Culture

Kelly Sarabyn
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In the 2000s, Disney created one unprofitable movie after another, from Brother Bear to Home on the Range (remember those? Me neither.) Disney ended this decades-long losing streak by bringing in Ed Catmull and... Read More...
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The Big Sheep: A delightfully humorous dystopian novel

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Robert Kroese’s The Big Sheep is a fun, genre-bending ride. Kroese is largely an author of humorous, deeply sarcastic science fiction, although he writes (and writes very well) in multiple genres. Indeed, I d... Read More...

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Tabitha Lord
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Our guest reviewer today is Leah DeCesare. Leah is the award-winning author of Forks, Knives, and Spoons and the non-fiction series Naked Parenting. You can visit her at www.LeahDeCesare.com. Thank you, Leah! ... Read More...

Connection and Gratitude: A Review of Johanna Basford’s Ivy and the Inky Butterfly by Claire Grillo

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My parents were artists, my father a poet and visual artist, my mother a lover of the tiniest hidden beauties in the world. This partly explains my devotion to the arts – namely music, drawing, and coloring. Fr... Read More...

Best Books of 2017

Kristin Jacobson
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Our talented literary critics share their top choices of the year. Tabitha's Top Picks: The Next, Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, combines a page-turning thriller with the deep, complicated relationships typic... Read More...

Mrs. Claus – Not the Fairy Tale They Say

Tabitha Lord
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A few times a year I'm asked to review a short story collection and I am always pleased to do it, especially when the publisher is World Weaver Press! With their focus on speculative fiction, this quality small... Read More...

Author Interview with Alicia DiFabio, author of Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete’s Journey to the Heart of America’s Newest Obsession

Maribel Garcia
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Ever wonder when the marathon and triathlon craze started? You know what I’m talking about – that time before your Facebook posts were inundated with scores of women from all walks of life crossing the finishin... Read More...

The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose – Gorgeous and Thought Provoking

Amy Wilhelm
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Augustus Rose paints the portrait of the unique heroine Lee Cuddy with the skill of a gifted artist. His talent is a fitting match to the core theme of The Readymade Thief, which revolves around the imagined fi... Read More...
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