by Deborah Swenson | Sep 14, 2020 | Articles
The Sons of Philo Gaines by Michael R. Ritt. Published by Gale, A Cengage Company. Available November 2020. Many years ago, my father shared his Louis L ’Amour and Zane Gray books with me, instilling a love and fond relationship with Westerns. I can honestly say he...
by Deborah Swenson | Aug 31, 2020 | Articles
“The Unexpected Gift, Profiles in Courage from Cancer Survivorship” by Novant Health, 2020. This book contains twentyone first-person essays that profile courageous men and women with various forms of cancer. From diverse backgrounds, ages, and cultures,...
by Deborah Swenson | Aug 17, 2020 | Articles
Deborah’s Book Review The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline, A Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and the Creation of Buffalo Bill, by Award Winning Author and Historian, Julia Bricklin, TwoDot Publishing. Ned Buntline, notorious or nefarious? A man who once said,...
by Deborah Swenson | Aug 6, 2020 | Articles
The Wait Is Almost Over After years of breathing life into Emily and Caleb, they are finally ready to take the leap into the literary world in my debut novel, Till My Last Breath. As Betty D. might say, “It’s been a bumpy ride.” Still, during all...
by Deborah Swenson | Jul 28, 2020 | Articles
Words No Bars Can Hold, Literacy Learning in Prison by Deborah Appleman, W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. “This is the creative life – what Oscar Wilde called the long lovely suicide. If prison is a trapdoor at rock bottom, then writing is the mortar in...
by Deborah Swenson | Jul 18, 2020 | Articles
Deborah’s Book Review Lillian’s Legacy: Gardner Sibling Trilogy by award winning author Carmen Peone is a heartwarming and inspirational story of Lillian Gardner’s journey in her coming of age. Lillian is one of three children of Phillip and...
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