Mike Wilson https://mikewilsonwriter.com Writing in the post-truth world Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:53:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 177517995 Directions to Canaan… https://mikewilsonwriter.com/2024/04/23/directions-to-canaan/ https://mikewilsonwriter.com/2024/04/23/directions-to-canaan/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:51:23 +0000 https://mikewilsonwriter.com/?p=2981

Poem-Mike Wilson, photo-Andy Holmes, appeared in Willawaw Journal

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The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is the title of National Book Award winner James McBride’s newest novel and the center of the fictional universe he creates in 1920s Pottsville, Pennsylvania, where Blacks and Jews live side by side. Interconnected plots peopled with memorable characters illustrate cultures specific to race and ethnicity and community that transcends both in a world where people can be selfish or generous, evil or heroic. Here’s what Kirkus Reviews says:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/james-mcbride/the-heaven-earth-grocery-store/

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Poem-Mike Wilson, photo-Cassandra Ortiz, appeared in Turnpike Magazine

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Poem-Mike Wilson, appeared in Mockingheart Review

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Poem-Mike Wilson, photo-Bunny Wilson, appeared in History, Paddler Press, 2023

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Tom Lake is where Ann Patchett’s protagonist, Lara, had a romance with Peter Duke, a fellow actor in a summer stock production of Our Town. Duke went on to become a Hollywood star and Lara went on to marry someone else and raise three girls on a cherry farm in Michigan. The plot of the novel is Lara recounting the story to her three daughters, now grown, and in the process recapitulating and reflecting upon her life. The story is romantic, sentimental and a sure bet to become a movie. Kirkus Reviews says the novel cements Patchett’s status as one of America’s finest novelists:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ann-patchett/tom-lake-patchett/

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Poem-Mike Wilson, photo Klemen Vrankar, appeared in For a Better World 2023, Greater Cincinnati Artists      

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“Crisis Averted,” a story by Mike Wilson…..
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Poem-Mike Wilson, appeared in Steam Ticket                                     

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Beyond the Door of No Return by International Booker Prize-winner David Diop is the story of a French botanist who becomes obsessed with the legend of a Senegalese woman sold into slavery who came back from “the door of no return,” as the location for loading slaves on ships bound for America was known. He sets out to find her, does, and falls in love with her. She turns out to be a healer with magical powers. The description is excellent and the story has a gothic feel. To me, the botanist’s obsession seems more like fetishization than love. All the reviews of this novel are effusive. Here’s what Kirkus Reviews says:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-diop/beyond-the-door-of-no-return/

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