Give + Take

Stona Fitch

Concord Free Press

Wesley Brown's new novel, PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, takes readers back to the Vietnam Era, when fear mixed with freedom to create a time unlike any other in US history. Brown's brilliant, sweeping novel of activism and violence reminds us that years of struggle and personal sacrifice led the way from the Civil Rights Movement to the first black U.S. President.

Push Comes to Shove

Wesley Brown

The Next Queen of Heaven

With the new millennium approaching, the eccentric town of Thebes grows even stranger. Mrs. Leontina Scales begins speaking in tongues after being clocked by a Catholic statuette. Her daughter, Tabitha, and her sons scheme to save their mother or surrender her to Jesus--whatever comes first. Meanwhile, choir director Jeremy Carr, caught between lust and ambition, fumbles his way toward Y2K. The ancient Sisters of the Sorrowful Mysteries join with a gay singing group. The Radical Radiants battle the Catholics. A Christmas pageant goes horribly awry. And a child is born.\nOnly a modern master like Gregory Maguire could spin a tale as frantic, funny, and farcical as "The Next Queen of Heaven."

Gregory, Maguire

ASIN: 0981782434 Title: IOU - New Writing on Money Product ID: 9780981782430 Product ID Type: ean Binding: paperback Publication date: 2010

IOU - New Writing on Money

Slate, Ron (editor)

Literature & Fiction

SCOTT PHILLIPS

Humor & Satire

The Witch of Matongé by Madison Smartt Bell, Concord Free Press, 2022, 258 pages. ISBN 978-0-9835851-8-3 The first thing that will strike you about Madison Smartt Bell’s new novel, The Witch of Matongé, is the beautiful language. This is not a typical narrative. It is startling, and the depth of what is described is thrilling. In the beginning, the viewpoint appears to be omniscient. However, the witch of the novel’s title is actually narrating and her unique manner of speaking is exquisite. She uses a bowl of water to understand what is happening in order to tell the story. And what a tale! The action is as vividly described as the characters and the reader is compelled to turn page after page: Of many threads, which one to follow? They move in the beaks of bright-colored birds, darting to lace the patterns of tapestry, warp and woof, compounding an image that as yet does not come clear. In the old times there were birds who wove extraordinary fabrics, or so the old ones say – robes of emperors and courtesans – and in the cloth the figures moved and acted out their stories.

The Witch of Matonge

Madison Smartt Bell

Round Mountain: Twelve Stories

FREEMAN,CASTLE JR.

Literary

Short stories written by Madison Smartt Bell. Published by Concord Free Press.

Stories From There (Zig Zag Wanderer)

A look at the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the Rockaways in Queens, New York.

The Rockaways

Daniel Borrero, Christopher Carr, Luke Hammill and Mary Norris

About the house

Jenny Slate

Ron Slate

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