Still Life with Bread Crumbs: Anna Quindlen’s Simple Yet Captivating Portrait of Female Self-Discovery
Posted on14 Feb 2014
Katrina’s Review of: Quindlen, Anna. Still Life with Bread Crumbs. New York: Random House, 2014. 272 pages. Surprisingly unfamiliar with Anna Quindlen’s prolific earlier... Read More
Reaching Across the Ages: Edward Marin’s Debut Novel ‘The Orion Project’ Offers a Poignant Portrait of Modernity through the Lens of Ancient Egypt
Posted on01 Oct 2013
“Linda made a conscious effort to look at the city through the eyes of someone who, like Tonemcadu, had never seen it... Read More
Becoming a Better Writer… There’s Always Room for Improvement, Even for the Experts!
Posted on19 Sep 2013
By Katrina Oko-Odoi Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life…you cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force... Read More
Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent: Rescuing Female Figures from the Margins of Biblical Scripture
Posted on07 Jun 2013
Katrina’s Review of: Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent. New York: Picador USA, 1997. 321 pages. Well, I may have gotten to... Read More
“Borrón y cuenta nueva”: La negación de la historia en “Viaje a la semilla” por Alejo Carpentier
Posted on04 Mar 2013
Katrina’s analytical discussion – written in Spanish – of the short story “Viaje a la semilla” (“Journey to the source”) by Cuban... Read More
Finding Flight: Capturing the Complexity of Climate Change and Defying Traditional Gender Roles in Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior
Posted on22 Feb 2013
Katrina’s Review of: Kingsolver, Barbara. Flight Behavior. New York: HarperCollins, 2012. 433 pages. Since I was a teenager, Barbara Kingsolver has... Read More
Unraveling History in Christi Phillips The Devlin Diary
Posted on29 Jan 2013
Katrina’s Review of: Phillips, Christi. The Devlin Diary. New York: Pocket Books, 2009. The Devlin Diary, Christi Phillips’ much-anticipated (at least... Read More