July brings the latest review for Solace in So Many Words -- this one is from the Midwest Book Review: California Bookwatch in which we appear in the front page list of "reviewer's choices" with a dozen or so other books, including ones by Bill Moyers and Sloane Crosley. Here is the link. Here's the review: Solace in So Many Words offers an anthology seeking to define the nature of solace, and offering a collection of literary reflections on what solace means and how … [Read more...]
Our latest review
We got a new review on the anglobaptist.org blog, which is subtitled “conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form” and is written by Tripp Hudgins. I have copied it below – Weighed Words appreciates the nice remarks and promotion! A review: Solace in So Many Words Where or when do you go when you are seeking solace? Are there stories you tell or memories you hold dear? Personally I go right for poetry. But when one is looking for solace we're likely to look … [Read more...]
Our latest review — from Portland Book Review
Here's out latest review. It is from the Portland Book Review. Solace in So Many Words Edited by Ellen Wade Beals Weighed Words LLC, $20, 228 pages How do you define solace? How do you find it? Author Ellen Beals sought answers to these questions and put a call out to writers for fiction, poetry, and essays. The result is a moving anthology, edited by Beals, titled Solace in So Many Words. Everyone experiences loss, whether of a family member, pet, or a … [Read more...]
Our next reading event and contributor updates
The big news is there is another reading event for Solace in So Many Words-- it will be July 21, Thursday, at 7 pm at The BookMarket, 2651 Navy Blvd, Glen Town Center, Glenview (phone: 847-904-7304). Contributors who will be reading include: Joan Corwin, J. Scott Smith, Kathleene Donahoo, D. J. Lachance. Weighed Words celebrated the short story in May -- the winner in the collection giveaway was Erika Dreifus although the two runners-up also received Solace in So Many … [Read more...]
Everyday is a gift
Everyday is a gift so says the plaque on the powder room wall. Of course, there should be a space between every and day. It is each and every day that is the present. But the everyday is a gift too, wrapped in plain paper addressed in Papermate blue, bound in time and string, left on the doorstep near the mat, common as dirt and dust, ordinary as tap water, easy to miss. When you return to the table at the … [Read more...]
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