Kay Williams is a professional actress who has played leading roles at regional theaters around the U.S., including the San Francisco Actors Workshop and the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Among her many credits are the title role in “Miss Jairus,” Cybel in “Great God Brown,” and Georgette in “The Balcony,” all plays that are part of the [ Read More ]
Fair-haired Kenny Lee and raven-haired, bronze-skinned Julio have always been friendly rivals, since their cooking school days. Back then, both were true believers in the Slow Food movement. When the two meet again as rival cookie vendors at the Boise, Idaho Farmer’s Market, Kenny Lee is making gourmet cookies the Slow Food way, with all-natural [ Read More ]
Hollywood Must Be Destroyed by Daniel Wade Schroder Category: Fiction / Humor 104 pages; ISBN: 1588204510 Once upon a time, Tom Brantley and Michael Lewis were two investment bankers happily muddling through life in a tony New York firm. While they enjoyed their work and a never-ending game of guessing the artists of bad 80s [ Read More ]
The autobiographical account of Richard Wright’s life ends in “American Hunger” the sequel novel to “Black Boy” when Richard finally realizes the incredible power that his words will eventually have. He decides that he will use his words as weapons, appealing to the humanistic and emotional qualities in man and society. As a young man [ Read More ]
Do you ever see celebrities on the red carpet at premieres and other events, and wonder about the people who work behind the scenes to create those photo opportunities? Do you ever consider the advertisements you see for movies and television shows: Who conceptualizes them? Who executes the creative ideas? Why do the marketing campaigns [ Read More ]
“The Girl I Wanted to Be” is a story of growing up, growing wiser and suddenly realizing life isn’t always what you thought it was as a child. A wonderful piece of fiction that encompasses the life of a young girl, coming of age as a teenager. Like all of us, she couldn’t wait for [ Read More ]
Danny’s Dragon: A Story of Wartime Lossby Janet Muirhead HillRaven Publishing, Inc. (2006)ISBN 0977252507Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06) When Danny’s father is killed in Iraq he faces the different stages of grief. His family must give up their home in Montana because of financial strain. They must find a way to build [ Read More ]
Can you really go home again? While our memories of childhood, teenaged years, and college may be bittersweet or even deep dark chocolate delicious, going back in time is a difficult task to attempt. Dare we even try? In Barbara Elliott Carpenter’s novel “The Wish I Wish Tonight,” the drive to move forward and hang [ Read More ]
Driftby Steven Paul MarkBooklocker.com (2006) ISBN 1601450621Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (1/07) I found it hard to believe that “Drift” is the first novel that author Steven Paul Mark has written. The author obviously has done a lot of research on a variety of subjects; geology, government, corporations, FBI, NYPD and the New [ Read More ]
The Jerusalem Cycle: The Gathering of Heroes, Villains & Oracles, is a political thriller of a novel based on the problems that currently affect the ancient city of Jerusalem today. André John Haddad writes about the present turmoil in Jerusalem and what might happen if the city isn’t saved from itself. Haddad’s new novel is [ Read More ]
