River’s Mercy: African Wilderness
At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness by Peter Stark
“There is always something new coming out of Africa.”
–Pliny the Elder
At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness by Peter Stark
“There is always something new coming out of Africa.”
–Pliny the Elder
It’s a really hot ticket this Friday, September 28, 2007, 7pm, at Book Passage on 51 Tamal Vista Way in Corte Madera, California. Things sizzle at the official book launch celebration for HOT FLASHES 2: more sexy little stories and poems. If you come, you can get your copy signed by many of the writers,…
Marj Casswell’s first published novel, “A Place to Come Home to” was a semifinalist for both the William Faulkner/Wisdom Competition, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition Award. Vancouver’s Casswell is generally known as a non-fiction writer and wrote for non-profit organizations before starting her second career as novelist. Today Riehlife interviews Marj who writes feelingly…
There’s a new review of my father Erwin A. Thompson’s “Cattle Country and Back Trail: Two Tales from the Thompson Western Series” on Book Pleasures Among other comments, the reviewer Ernest Dempsey says: “Cattle Country and Back Trail is an exciting reading of the values that characterized the heroes of the not-so-remote past. Foremost, these…
It seems that humans, in order to deal with the mass of humanity they encounter, need to organize the masses by reverting to labeling people through identity. I don’t know if this is genetic or a learned behavior (clearly the details are very much learned), but it is the root of much of the problems…
There’s a great new resource on the web for Book Lovers. That’s us, right? It’s “Title Page TV” and Episode 1: All Over the Map features the first of many passionate conversations about books hosted by Daniel Menaker. Read what Susan Tweit has to say about Title Page at Community of the Land Blogspot. _____________________________________________…
Victoria Nelson’s “On Writer’s Block” covers the entire territory of writing process, not just the silences inherent in that process. It’s filled with marvelous quotations and wonderful tips. One I loved was: write your own review before the critics to so you’ll have something solid to lean against. This book belongs in every writer’s bedside…