By 'absence' Harris means that feeling that there is no next thing waiting, pinging, or popping up – a type of solitude many of us lack.
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Book Review:’The Fault in our Stars’ by John Green
Throughout the story there is a beauty and humor, a ‘candle in the wind’ for each of those whose lives have been touched by cancer.
Read More »Book Review: ‘My Salinger Year’ by Joanna Rakoff
Joanna Rakoff presents a quiet emotional look at her early professional life and the impact one writer had on it.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Pilgrim’ by Lee Kravitz
'Pilgrim' allows that if you look sincerely for something to believe in, you may well find it.
Read More »Book Review: `The Great Impersonation’ and `The Spy Paramount’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Two reprints of E. Phillips Oppenheim early spy novels are a study in contrasts.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy’ by Barry R. Posen
Strategies can have unintended consequences, sometimes causing the very effects they hope to ameliorate.
Read More »Interview: Kim Boykin, Author of ‘Palmetto Moon’
"NOW is the best time in the history of authors to write and publish because there are so many options."
Read More »Book Review: ‘Rogue with a Brogue’ by Suzanne Enoch
In a time when alliances are made through marriages, Enoch’s characters see beyond that and take action towards the pursuit of their own happiness.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Spirit and The Skull’ by J. M. Hayes
Hayes has given readers a rousing thriller combined with an ecological sermon.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Secret New York: Curious Activities’ by T.M. Rives
Jonglez publishes “local guides by local people” which guarantees even a New York native will be surprised by many of the great finds in this charming guidebook.
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