Reading & Literature

Reading & Literature


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Reading & Literature

Review of Be The Change by Ed and Deb Shapiro

In: Spirituality Books

By: Feature Writer Sandra Williams

Can people find meaning and happiness through meditation? Ed and Deb Shapiro say they can do that as well as change the world for the better. more...

Yogananda's Listen to my Soul Song

In: World Poetry

By: Feature Writer Linda Sue Grimes

In Paramahansa Yogananda's "Listen to my Soul Song" from Songs of the Soul, the great yogi offers a perfect blend of three poetry forms: song, chant, and prayer. more...

Booker Prize-Winning Writer Hilary Mantel

In: British/UK Fiction

By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

British writer Hilary Mantel hit the headlines recently when her novel Wolf Hall won the 2009 Booker Prize, yet her career as an author spans more than twenty years. more...

Jane Johnson's The Princess and the Painter

In: Art Books

By: Feature Writer Katherine Kuzma-Beck

Jane Johnson recounts a fictional recreation of the Infanta Margarita's sitting for Velazquez's Las Meninas. more...

Joe Haldeman's Forever Free, Reviewed

In: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction

By: Feature Writer Colin Harvey

References from The Book of Genesis through Exodus to Revelations hint at the true nature of this odd conclusion to a triptych that includes Forever Peace. more...

Barrett Browning's Sonnet 23

In: British Poetry

By: Feature Writer Linda Sue Grimes

The speaker responds to love letter from her belovèd. more...

Book Review – Lenny and the Big Red Kinan

In: Australian Literature

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

This simple story teaches children the Awabakal words for creatures and things they might find on a walk through the Australian bush. more...

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