Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt from Speaking Truths, a forthcoming novel based, in part, on actual events. The trauma-filled world of Landon Starker, created by author Dayna Hester, has been lauded as a psychological case study and a plea to raise awareness about child abduction. The book is inspired by the humane work of [...]
Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt from Venceremos, a novel by Howard Waxman. The book is the coming-of-age tale of Jay Cardinale, a 21-year-old injured Vietnam War hero and second tour deserter. The passage below describes Jay’s rocky boat ride to Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade, a group of American volunteers going to help [...]
Editor’s Note: The following piece is among the short stories to be published in The Absent Traveler: A Novella & Other Stories by Randall DeVallance. The Absent Traveler, an Atticus Books Trade Paperback Original, is due to be released at the end of 2010.
She said she’d met a violin-maker from Italy and had [...]
When: September 19-24, 2010
Where: Northern Virginia, D.C., and Maryland
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