by Chris Moncaleiden As a student of counseling, I have read many books that stray deep into theories of human growth. I have noticed that while fields such as "self-help" are flourishing, there are few books that pull back the …
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Pam Houston Workshop Recap
By Stephanie Vessely We often hear people say that writing is a practice, and it is. One must constantly work at improving one’s craft by forming sentence after sentence, day after day, year after year. But for writer Pam Houston, …
BookBar Review: Deep Creek by Pam Houston
Deep Creek – BookBar Book Review Stephanie Vessely “For now,” writes Pam Houston in Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country, “I want to sit vigil with the earth…I want to write unironic odes to …
Amy Irvine Sits Down With Rachel Hamalian To Talk About Edward Abbey, Writing, and The Desert
Rachel Hamalain: In your new book, Desert Cabal, you confront the claims that Edward Abbey made in his book, Desert Solitaire – on its 50th anniversary. What inspired you to make this confrontation? Amy Irvine: It’s a very odd backstory. …
Cheetahs, Writing, and Publishing OH MY!: A conversation with Erin Hunter
by Rachel Hamalian Gillian Philip is one of the authors under the pen name, Erin Hunter. She has written for the Survivors series, along with Inbali Iserles. She lives in the northeast Scottish Highlands with her husband, three dogs, two cats, and …
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4 Events, 7 New Books for your Little Readers’ Bookshelves this April
Spring is for sprucing up your your little book worm’s reading list and BookBar has a line-up of April author events to help! Add these five excellent titles to your family’s collection. 1. Saturday, April 7 at 2 p.m. for …
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Don those Decrypter Caps for a Live Book Scavenger Hunt with Jennifer Chambliss-Bertman & Smiley Library
Celebrate the end of summer reading with a good old fashioned BOOK CAPER at BookBar and Smiley Library on Friday, August 4 at 5 PM with acclaimed middle-grade author, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, of the adventuresome Book Scavenger. School is just around …
The Hearts of Men Are …
It’s a strange social political moment to ruminate on the white middle class American male. The patriarchy. The big guys. The ones that ever seem to be in the driver’s seat. In The Hearts of Men, Nickolas Butler crafts a …
