Spain’s King Juan Carlos gave Gelman a medal symbolizing the Cervantes Prize at a ceremony in Alcala De Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the author of “Don Quixote.”
To read Gelman’s work in translation find out more “Unthinkable Tenderness: Selected Poems”—edited and translated into English by Joan Lindgren, with a foreword by Eduardo Galeano–click here.
Angels Unaware, by Priscilla A. Maine takes its title from the Hebrews Biblical text 12:2. “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” The themes in Maine’s book serve this homily well, as her characters learn what it means to untangle old hates and prejudices in order to extend their…
Left Bank Books is St. Louis’ full-service independent bookstore. “We offer friendly, experienced service and value our customers as part of our family. In May 1996, we launched the Friends of Left Bank Books Literary Society, a membership organization to which patrons subscribe. The Friends program provides booklovers with another way to support independent bookstores.”…
Anne Schroeder is a fifth generation Californian, whose love of writing was fueled by stories of immigrant ancestors. Anne evokes the drama of growing up in a close-knit Southern California farm community in her first memoir, “Branches on the Conejo: Leaving the Soil after Five Generations.” Anne and I are linked by our love of…
Earlier this year Nigerian poet Obi Nwakanma filled my Gathering Room with talk that made the world right for the hours he shared himself and conversation. We exchanged poetry books at the end of our time together. I sent some of Daniel’s hardworking roses home for Obi’s wife. In the days that followed our encounter,…
My guest on Riehlife today is Junot Diaz whom I was lucky enough to hear speak at my local library branch in the Central West End in St. Louis before he went to Rome for a year to write. I found him funny, refreshing, and frank. Here are some of his thoughts on his work,…
After Ernest Dempsey reviewed “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” on TCM Reviews, we struck up an email correspondence. We began to find out that even though we are from different generations (I am old enough to be his mother), and different cultures (he lives in Pakistan, and I’m in the USA), that we shared many values…