Book Review
Life Passion
by Lisa Bower
Brimming with short essays and poems, "Life Passion" does not ask for perfection from the faithful. Redemption is everywhere, humans are human. This work encourages readers to give thanks for what they have and to embrace a life filled...
Book Review
The Suicide Sonnets
by Lisa Bower
Eddie Morales’ poetry collection, "The Suicide Sonnets", is a meditation on what suicide really entails. Rather than deal with the aftermath of such a death, these poems crawl into the psyche of someone truly considering ending their...
Book Review
Poetically Correct
by Lisa Bower
What is politically correct or incorrect depends upon the audience and society as a whole. Ciera S. Louise’s poetry collection, "Poetically Correct", is full of bold poems that critique the skeletons in humanity’s closet. Spanning...
Book Review
Travelling in the Mind
by Lisa Bower
The smallest of moments can have great meaning. The short poems in Daniel Micheal Hermon’s "Travelling in the Mind" touch on many things, from the look of “a great church” and a one-toothed man to a beloved cat and clouds in the...
Book Review
Saving the Kids
by Lisa Bower
What happens when a family splinters apart? This is the main question posed in Rebecca Diamond’s emotionally moving memoir Saving the Kids: A Grandmother’s Story. Diamond writes about a two-year period where she saw her daughter fall...
Book Review
Prayer Prescribed
by Lisa Bower
Who says health is only about the body? In "Prayer Prescribed", Anne Borik helps readers to find mental, physical, and spiritual peace. Borik asks readers to reconsider their ideas about prayer. Her Sign Chi Do program combines...
Book Review
Writings from the Spirit
by Lisa Bower
Though the world is full of darkness, there is also light. The latter shines through in Peter Benjamin LeBuhn’s poetry collection, "Writings from the Spirit". LeBuhn invites readers to take a step back and recognize and cherish all of...
Book Review
The Sorrows of Modern Day Werther and Other Stories
by Lisa Bower
In Frank Kutas’ collection, The Sorrows of a Modern-Day Werther, George and Louise teach one another English and German and fall in love while recounting their war-time experiences. Moving between the essays George writes to practice...