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Poetry: “On Wings of Gentle Power,” by Barry D. Yelton(0)
Barry Yelton , a native North Carolinian writer, has done it again in his latest poetry book “On Wings of Gentle Power.”
Reflective of Yelton’s rural roots these poems impart a sense of place and connection to land, sky, and water. Al Past’s photography combines with Yelton’s words to create a layered duet. Yelton and Past [...]
“Invictus”
“Invictus”(2009) is masterful. When the Springboks, a South African Rugby team, wins the 1995 World Cup, we see a near miracle of unification. Nelson Mandela, newly elected, chooses the nearly all-white (read “Africaner” or “Boer”) rugby team as a symbol to stitch together the racially and economically divided country after the struggle to end apartheid. [...]
Kessler’s “The End of Overeating” reviewed by Judy Tart
The End of Overeating, by David Kessler is a fascinating but horrifying story of modern food and why we can’t stop eating it. Built into our brains is a quest for rare but needed food elements–fat, sugar, and salt. Modern industrial food production has learned how to pile these into ever-more enticing offerings.
Obesity [...]
“Savage Detectives,” by Roberto Bolano (reviewed by Mathew Freeman)
JGR Note: The Savage Detectives (Los Detectives Salvajes in Spanish) is an award-winning novel published by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño in 1998. Go here for a cool Excel chart of the mammoth second section of “Savage Detectives.”
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Roberto Bolano is newly the ‘it’ guy of world literature. In Savage Detectives he takes us on the [...]
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