“The Silk-Cotton Tree” by Jean Wolfersteig
As usual, Deadman has left me a car at the airport, and, for the first time since Irma hit, I bump along the rutted streets of Road Town.
May 2018 News & Features
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC Playlist + Praise Round-Up!
To celebrate the Italian edition of Michael Zadoorian’s latest novel, Beautiful Music, publisher Marcos y Marcos has created a Spotify playlist of music inspired by the book: We’ve received fantastic praise for this 1970s coming-of-age novel set in Detroit, including a recent review in the Wall Street Journal by Sam Sacks, which reads in part: “Beautiful Music is a sweet […]
Anthony Ervin and Constantine Markides Honored for CHASING WATER
The International Swimming Hall of Fame presented their 2018 Specialty Awards this month: Anthony Ervin and Constantine Markides received the Buck Dawson Author Award for their co-written memoir of Ervin’s Olympic career, Chasing Water: Elegy of An Olympian. Congratulations to both!
“Notes of an Undead Son” by John Vercher
I am the enemy of those of blood and breath.
“Karen” by Steven Horwitz
This guy had a scar on his cheek as dry as the Arroyo Taiban.
“Trans Bully” by Nkosi Ife Bandele
As soon as my wife told me that our little girl was being bullied at school, I was ready to go off the deep end.
“Pancake Month” and “A Parenting Street Scene” by Minna Dubin
At three and a half, my son’s diet consists of only brown, white, and yellow foods.
“Yuh Must Always Christen d Children” by Xavier Barzey
Miss Meela wailed underneath her broad-brimmed hat as the pallbearers lowered the casket, carrying her young kin.