By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
Irish writer Lady Marguerite Blessington wrote in the 1800s that a woman’s head is always influenced by the heart, while the man’s heart is always influenced by the head.
She of course was speaking romantically.
If she were living today, she might have to rethink that statement. Research has discovered that the heart has [...]
The Last Layer
A novel
By Lawrence Perlman
iUniverse
Paperback $15.95
By BILL DUNCAN
It must be the nature of their profession that lawyers all seem to be want to be writers and those who succeed find it a more lucrative enterprise than writing briefs in couched language that only another lawyer understands. Lawrence Perlman, a retired lawyer has hung [...]
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
By Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Hardcover $18.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
A book about a snail may seem ludicrous to people in Oregon who live with snails and slugs chopping away on their gardens, but Elizabeth Tova Bailey, who also cringed when a friend came to her sickbed [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
Fall officially will be ushered in next week. It’s the time of year when I get to read one of my favorite publications, the Old Farmer’s Almanac, in search of wit and wisdom. That may seem strange in this era of instant information from upstarts like the internet, Twitter and Facebook, or [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
It is September and the leaves are falling, the poison oak is turning bright red, the air smells of rain and my tomatoes are still green. Oh well, it is Oregon so why should I be surprised over the year of the green tomato.
Luckily being from the Old South, I know what [...]
New Stories from the South
2010: The Year’s Best
Edited by Amy Hempel
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Quality Paperback $14.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
I may be just a tad prejudiced being a native Georgian, but Southern writers are among the best America can offer. Look at the list: Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Olive Ann Burns, Margaret [...]
Why We Love Them So
Surviving the Loss of an Animal Friend
By Father Paul A. Keenan
iUniverse Editor’s Choice
Paperback $14.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
It is not unusual to find a Catholic priest writing books about grieving, but few would choose the subject Fr. Paul A. Keenan does in his touching book, “Why We Love Them So,” about [...]
American Affairs
A novel
By John Clark Pratt
Ghost Road Press
Paperback 19.99
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
John Clark Pratt has written or edited 18 books in his career as an English professor, including a critical analysis of Oregon’s Ken Kesey classic “One Flew Over The Cockoo’s Nest,” and one other novel, “The Laotian Fragments,” a Vietnam war epic.
Pratt [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to more than 200 Colorado high school and college students on Thursday, Aug. 26 at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and encouraged the students to pursue their education even if it means going into debt. “Education lets you fly without a plane,” she said. “Get [...]
