Carol Ann Davis’ new book, “The Nail in the Tree: Essays on Art, Violence and Childhood” is as much a memoir of hope as it is of loss. She and her family were relative newcomers to Newtown, CT when the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy shocked our nation. By a quirk of school zoning, her young Read More

Alka Joshi began writing her novel, “The Henna Artist” at age 51, after leaving a successful career as an advertising copywriter, creative director and marketing consultant. She says that writing ads taught her a lot about the art of creating an engaging story, even if it lasted less than a minute. She was inspired to Read More

“I grew up around a lot of music…I fell in love with it right away. I just became obsessed.” Dave Isaacs talks about his life and music in his new book ” The Perpetual Beginner – A musicians path to lifelong learning. “The book is for people who feel like their skills don’t match up Read More

“I have always been fascinated by Shakespeare. I have always been fascinated by the idea of what happened to Ariel, this all powerful spirit that has been released into the world ( Shakespeare’s play The Tempest)” Pat McKee talks about his new novel – Ariel’s Island .”If we could recognize it and agree upon it, Read More

” I wanted to go back and really, really understand my father, and piece the story together.” Ariana Neumann shares the writing of her book – When time stopped – A memoir of my father’s war and what remained. “I think we all have a narrative thread that we sort of weave through our lives…I Read More

“Walking in Stefania’s… shoes and feeling the weight of each decision as she made it. I think we need to feel that so that we wont ever forget it.” Sharon Cameron share with us the making of her historical novel – The light in hidden places – based on the a true story of remarkable Read More

“We like to think we would do something,,,find a way to be heroic..” Katrin Schulmann talks about her life and the stories behind her new novel -This Terrible Beauty. “How do we redeem ourselves, when we are a nation as Germany was…I wanted people to read it and reflect on their own lives and their Read More

“We really aren’t in the position anymore, where if you just get an email…..you can say with great confidence ‘This has to be a scam’.” Megan Angelo talks about the future of social media in her new novel – Followers. ” I really was trying to write the future from a more human standpoint; but Read More

“How do you talk about that which is too big to talk about? That moment of awe and wonder.” David Oates shares his wonderment in his memoir – The mountains of Paris – “It’s such a specialized cave we go into, to sort of change our mind for a bigger mind; that is a shared Read More

Marc Graham talks about his new book – Runes for Writers. “Writers are modern shamans. We are the magic makers, the dream walkers, the journeyers in to these other realms of consciousness.” “(We) are the bridge builders between ordinary humanity and the dream state where the muses live…. In ancient times when …we weren’t so Read More