Not an Island

Not an Island

[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards images: courtesy Katie Opris”][/title] No man is an island. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. For a while, I argued with that stance. John Donne penned his oft-quoted poem and posed a decent stance for man’s need for...
Fierce Kingdom

Fierce Kingdom

[title subtitle=”review: Marla Cantrell”][/title] Gin Phillips Penguin Books | 274 pages | $16 Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips opens on a mild day in October, when Joan is at a zoo with her young son, Lincoln. It is just before five in the afternoon, and...
The Unexplained World

The Unexplained World

[title subtitle=”words and image of Van Buren: Marla Cantrell”][/title] Rodney Inman, now in his mid-fifties, is a preacher’s kid. He works at a manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and has done so for most of his adult life. A decade ago, his...

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