“We are all pretty much the same under the skin whether we like to think so or not” James Duane Spring writes. Applying the truth of this statement to the attempt to understand why human beings have such a difficult time relating to... Read More

“When the artist is alive in any person, whatsoever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways... Read More

Gustafsson’s "A Time in Xanadu", his third translated collection of poems, manages to be personal and quirky while also deeply philosophical. Previous poems and novels—he has also written seven novels and one collection of short... Read More

In case you’ve missed the news, Milo J. Wright is running for president! For more information, visit his Website at www.writeinwright.com or call him at 555-8976.\ \If you are interested in having your lawn mowed by J&M Mowing, you... Read More

The stories of "Unlucky Lucky Days" are the kind grown-up readers have probably forgotten how to enjoy. Part fable, part creation myth, these seventy-three whimsical tales by Daniel Grandbois are bedtime stories at their best. Grandbois... Read More

Devout Nigerian Muslims use practitioners of spirit possession on the sly when faced with problems they cannot solve; in an ostensibly Catholic town in Mexico, the cult of the Virgin comforts women as their husbands divide their time... Read More

Baseball season closes with the boys of summer facing longer shadows and complicated relationships. "The Sun Field" is a reprint of a 1923 novel by sportswriter and editor Heywood Broun. Newspaper columnist George Wallace (a pseudonym... Read More

After surviving the Great Depression pharmacist Bryant Cunningham and his wife Pearl purchased several plots of land in western Tennessee that would later become the prominent Green Valley Dairy Farm. Ardell Richardson became a partner... Read More