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.
Review: Three Muses by Martha Anne Toll

Review: Three Muses by Martha Anne Toll

Three Muses, Martha Anne Toll, Regal House Publishing – Martha Anne Toll’s debut novel, “Three Muses,” is a choreographed ballet narrative about the life journey of two traumatized people …

Book Review: Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

Book Review: Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

Book Review: Please Join Us, Catherine McKenzie, Atria Books – Catharine McKenzie’s new thriller, “Please Join Us,” pivots around Nicole Mueller, a hard-working lawyer, whose boss tells her she is not bringing in enough “billable hours” so her job is at risk.

Book Review: The Heart of American Poetry by Edward Hirsch

Book Review: The Heart of American Poetry by Edward Hirsch

Book Review: The Heart of American Poetry, Edward Hirsch, Library of America – Excavating “The Heart of American Poetry” is no easy task but acclaimed poet and critic Edward Hirsch has accomplished exactly that, in his Library of America’s analysis of 40 poems.

Review: Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

Review: Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

Bomb Shelter, Mary Laura Philpott, Atria Books – Mary Laura Philpott chronicles, with honesty and charm, a collection of personal essays, primarily about parenting experiences, that coalesce in her memoir, “Bomb Shelter.”

Review: A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova

Review: A Train to Moscow by Elena Gorokhova

Review: A Train to Moscow, Elena Gorokhova, Lake Union – Elena Gorokhova, author of two memoirs on her life under Soviet rule and her subsequent migration to the United States, again reflects on her past in a new novel, “A Train to Moscow.”