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Christine Westwater, Book Reviews Editor, Writers MonthlyAuthors, publishers, agents and publicists—Want your book reviewed?
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I'm looking for fiction, poetry, and art-related writing. Also interested in non-fiction, history, biography, etc. Do not send your bookFirst email pertinent book information with a brief excerpt or summary to me:
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Too Cool, by Duff Brenna
...a teenage kid from the bad side of Denver who’s sole purpose is to drink, smoke pot, screw girls, fight, and steal cars.

Best of Good, a novel by Sarah Lewis
Reclusive former rocker reconnects with humanity...

By The River Piedra, I Sat Down & Wept, by Paulo Coelho
Have you ever read a book where you hated, or at least adamantly disliked, the protagonist and yet still enjoyed the book? Well, that’s how I feel about "By the River Piedra, I Sat Down & Wept" by Paulo Coelho. Coelho tells the story of a woman, Pilar, who goes on a physical, religious and emotional journey, exorcizing the woman she is to become the woman she wants to be...


Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers , by Mary Roach
If you ever thought donating your body to science meant just a boring trip to the local medical school’s anatomy class, Roach invites you to tag along with her as she explores the ways in which cadavers are actually used. From crash test dummies strapped into cars, to experiments to debunk the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, the after-life of the body donated to science is really quite adventurous...


Writing Alone, Writing Together: A Guide for Writers and Writing Group (New World Library)
by Judy Reeves
Reviewed by Melanie Jennings

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She's My Sister and My Brother!
by Rebecca McCadney
copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved

A Reivew of
The New Girl
A Novel by Edwin Perley

The Cornstalk Man
by Daniel Crocker
Reviewed by Christine Miller

cotton patch gospels musical

Theatre! Theater!

Cotton Patch Gospels

Reviewed by Melanie Jennings

Desperately Seeking Humor:
Incredible and Satirical Tales of a Substitute Teacher


by Virgina L. Minickūs

Reviewed by Terrie Leigh Relf

Non-Fiction

The Humblest May Stand Forth:
Rhetoric, Empowerment, and Abolition

by Jacqueline Bacon

Reviewed by Kendra Losee


Novel

Heart of a Pagan: The Story of Swoop
A Novel by Andrew Bernstein

A Mind-Bruising Work of Staggering Incompetence
by David Boyne



Book Review

Every Midget Has An Uncle Sam Costume—Writing for a Living

by Don Bain
Reviewed by David Boyne


Novel

Land Without Evil

by
Matthew Pallamary
Reviewed by David Boyne


The Dark Side, a novel by David J. Sherman

David J. Sherman's new mystery novel, The Dark Side

Reviewed by David Boyne


Website Review
Haiku Hut
editors: Michael Rehling and Deborah Russell
Reviewed by Terrie Leigh Relf





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it."- Moses Hadas


The Silver Flute

Her hands,
like small silver moons
Her finger nails painted
like a bright blue sky
seem to dance
across the slim silver flute
They move swiftly
like a fierce winter wind
I ask,
"How do you move
your fingers so fast?"
"I like playing this song,"
she answers quietly,
seeming so concentrated
as she goes on playing
her fingers dancing again
like stars in the night...

Bryanna Schwartz
A Border Voices Poet
Grade 7, Mesa Verde Middle School