Talking Together
By Patricia Thrushart (aka Joanne Scheier Bugay) “We find something to say that means us, That names us neighbors and kin, That finds within us words to connect…” Richard Hague,…
“Poor bird, (s)he’s obsessed!”
Reflections on Elizabeth Bishop’s “Sandpiper” Carrie Hohmann Campbell With the end of summer rapidly approaching and the next schoolyear already begun, I am reminded of Elizabeth Bishop’s “Sandpiper”. As a…
Review of Blood Runs Coal by Mark A. Bradley
Review written by Karen Weyant Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle For the United Mine Workers of America; a review By Mark A. BradleyW.W. Norton & Company,…
On Joy Harjo’s “Perhaps the World Ends Here”
Deborah Sarbin An apocalyptic poem might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but when it’s as wise and comforting as U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “Perhaps the World ends here,”…
Review of Sensational: The Hidden History of “Girl Stunt Reporters”
Review by Karen Weyant https://www.amazon.com/Sensational-Hidden-History-Americas-Reporters/dp/0062843613/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2M8N6GLEEPDBT&dchild=1&keywords=sensational+the+hidden+history+of+america%27s+girl+stunt+reporters&qid=1622469345&sprefix=the+hidden+history+of+stunt%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-1 HarperCollins, 2021 Kim Todd When I was 12 years old, I read a biography of reporter Nellie Bly. This book, geared towards young teenage readers,…
Poets Against Racism: In This Together International Event
The Watershed Journal Literary Group, based in Brookville, PA (www.thewatershedjournal.org) has joined with Poets Against Racism (PAR) of Nottingham, UK (www.poetsagainstracism.com) to cosponsor a poetry reading titled “Poets Against Racism:…
WANA Presents David Drayer Thursday, April 29 Live at Watershed Books
by Christina Fisanick Now in its second year, WANA LIVE!, the reading series of the Writers Association of Northern Appalachia, continues to bring the region’s top writers, musicians, and book…
Review of This Crazy Devotion
By Jess Weible, author of Dead Letters: Delivering Unopened Mail from a Pennsylvania Ghost Town Originally featured in the Mirror as part of the Books from the Pennsylvania Wilds column.…
Vertical Bridges: A Review
Paola Corso's Vertical Bridges: Poems and Photographs of City Steps, a review by Karen Weyant Pittsburgh has been called the “City of Bridges.” But it should be also called the…
A Review of Sanctity: Poems from Northern Appalachia
a review by Byron Hoot Sanctity: Poems from Northern Appalachia, by Patricia Thrushart, calls to those who know the woods and to those who have forgotten that call within themselves. …