Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla

Kate Padilla is an author, poet and artist. Her book, Apples Rot on the Ground (May 2020), is a collection of gut-wrenching poems detailing the racism and bigotry that existed for Hispanic families in early New Mexico & Wyoming.
The Fragile Mistress by Leora Skolkin-Smith

The Fragile Mistress by Leora Skolkin-Smith

“The Fragile Mistress” is a dense poetic drama about 14-year-old Liana, who with her sister reluctantly accompany their mother from their American home to Jerusalem in 1963 for the reburial of her mother’s brother, who died during the 1948 “War of Independence”, in the new Jerusalem cemetery.

Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton

Gabrielle Hamilton should have written a cookbook rather than reveal her life blemishes in a memoir. Like cooking, when ingredients are left out, the dish is less than fulfilling. “Blood, Bones, & Butter,” leaves a lot of unanswered questions which wouldn’t have been the case if she’d stayed focused on how her cooking skills turned her into one of New York City’s top chefs.

Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett

Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett

In Union Atlantic, Adam Haslett deftly weaves a literary novel around the global financial crisis with a cast of disturbing characters. Ambitious investor Doug Flanning, moralist-historian Charlotte Graves and others intersect in a web of deviltry and deception.

How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu

    How to Read the Air Dinaw Mengestu Riverhead books-Penguin Group 10-30-10 Hardcover/320 pages ISBN: 978-159448770-5 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . .an elegiac story brilliantly crafted akin to the gritty American stories by John...

In the Company of Others by Jan Karon

“In The Company of Others,” is short on drama and suspense and long on “words of wisdom,” sinners confessing sins and gaining forgiveness. As Cynthia, tells her husband, Episcopalian priest and central character Timothy Kavanagh, “So you pray and I’ll paint and together we’ll get the job done. Okay.”

Beneath the Sands of Egypt by Donald P. Ryan

  Beneath the Sands of Egypt Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D Harper Collins 7-10-10 Hardcover/286 pages ISBN: 978-0-061732829 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . . valuable insight into 3,000 years of “grave digging” in the Valley of the Kings."...

Mark Twain edited by Roy Blount, Jr

  Mark Twain A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, and Other Travels Roy Blount, Jr., Editor The Library of America, 2010 May 25, 2010 Hardcover/1050 pages ISBN: 1-598530666 Buy This Book www.amazon.com   ". . .published by The Library of America with...

Bird & Birdie in a Fine Day by Ethan Long

    Bird & Birdie in a Fine Day Ethan Long Tricycle Press 2010 May 25, 2010 Hardcover/48 pages ISBN: 978-1-58246-321-6 Buy This Book www.amazon.com     ". . . delightful read for children and curious adults." This book will spark a...