“No one ever applied the power to create to the soul,” according to bestselling author Caroline Myss (Anatomy of the Spirit, Why People Don’t Heal, Sacred Contracts, Entering the Castle) on this CD. Myss underscores the dangers of... Read More

Jim Harrison reminds readers frequently of the scent of lilacs in "Returning to Earth"; it is the kind of small detail he deftly weaves into a narrative that addresses the very largest of human experiences. Donald is dying. He begins the... Read More

“Where the fields are sharply green, where a wild beauty hides in the glens … for the first time I see the face of the Irish countryside.” — H. V. Morton That small island in the Atlantic Ocean exerts a strong pull on the heart... Read More

Stolen artifacts pale next to the psychological wallop of this new installment in the popular Bailey Fish Adventure series. Bailey, who lives with her grandmother because her divorced parents both have jobs abroad, finds herself... Read More

Enthusiastic overindulgence in drugs and/or alcohol has characterized the lifestyles of many artists of all persuasions, but not since De Quincy has a writer made what amounts to a religion of the pleasures and pains of intoxication. A... Read More

“At dawn, a joyful squeal rang through the farmyard,” writes Chin. That squeal heralded the birth of baby Patty the Pig on Farmer Wu’s farm. The neighbor animals crowded around the pigpen to welcome the baby, as Patty’s parents... Read More

“From / the farm you wrote: when I used to live in the Mountains. / Used is one word that makes me tired. It is almost like lying / down,” writes the author. In her verse, Ackerson-Kiely demonstrates, as in her poem “On the Gentle... Read More

Nita is a clown whose painted-on grin masks a world of sadness. The opening of Drake’s breathtaking debut finds Nita dressed as Sniffles the Clown, tying an endless stream of sheep and Virgin Mary balloons (Balloon Tying for Christ was... Read More