Faith, Fiction, Friends

I’m not a music critic. I read and review a lot of poetry, but most days I don’t consider myself a poetry critic, either. But I love listeni...

Does poetry matter to your faith?  Most Christians would likely be puzzled at the question even being asked.    Poet  Dana Gioia  says it sh...

The Dark Teesside stories of   Glenn McGoldrick   often feature small-time criminals or non-criminals who happen to find themselves engaged ...

Smart People , a 2016 play by  Lydia Diamond , has been staged by several companies around the country. It’s set in 2008, shortly before the...

Writing a novel is a hard, lonely work. You often struggle through a story, writing and rewriting and editing and deleting whole sectio...

Start with historical fact. Queen Anne of England, who ruled from 1702 to 1707, had a longstanding friendship with  John   and  Sarah C...

Sometime in our late 30s, perhaps our 40s, we become aware of time passing. Our 20s and early 30s are spent trying to hurry time; after...