I found two novels I read by Ted Morrissey intellectually engaging and shared my thoughts in a review. Here is a link: https://northamericanreview.org/open-space/2025/joyce-goldenstern/thrice-told-echos-hawthornes-twice-told-tales-ted-morrisseys
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Press Release from Black Heron Press
In Their Ruin by Joyce Goldenstern can be preordered from Amazon or Black Heron Press or from any bookstore with distribution from IPG (Independent Publishers Group) distribution — or just wait to pick up a copy at its release in July. Advance copies for purposes of review are now available through Black Heron Press, whichContinue reading “Press Release from Black Heron Press”
Shifting Literacies when Reading Stories with Magic
I know of two short stories set during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 to 1920: “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” by Katherine Anne Porter and “Carried Away” by Alice Munro. Coincidently these are two of my favorite stories. Both stories are predominently realistic, but both go beyond realism to ride a wave of dream imageryContinue reading “Shifting Literacies when Reading Stories with Magic”
A Favorite Story: “Feathers” by Raymond Carver
Failed Transcendance I always liked his titles,” said author Richard Ford. “They often seemed arbitrary and hooked onto the story; but as titles they seem to be quirky, and affecting, and new” (Ford qtd. in Halpert 172). Richard Ford was speaking of the rambling, memorable titles of Raymond Carver’s short stories, titles such as “WhatContinue reading “A Favorite Story: “Feathers” by Raymond Carver”
Monadnock on the Prairie
Having volunteered as a docent for seven years with the Chicago Architecture Foundation (now Chicago Architecture Center), I came to love many Chicago buildings. The following essay is about one of those — the Monadnock building at Dearborn and Jackson. The essay was first published in Museum of Americana. It was later republished in my chapbook WayContinue reading “Monadnock on the Prairie”
The Story Ends -- The Story Never Ends 