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Of Words and Dogs and Little Fishes*

Published on : 9 July, 201825 August, 2019 Published by : Sharon Browning

I feel so blessed that I can “work” from home as a book reviewer, essayist and occasionally as a literary editor, and to comfortably say that I read for a living. It’s like living the dream (well, until the bills come in, but that’s neither here nor there). But I […]

LitStack Review: Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood

Published on : 18 November, 201317 November, 2013 Published by : Sharon Browning

Bodies of Water T. Greenwood Kensington Books Publication Date: September 24, 2013 ISBN 978-0-7582-5093-3 In an interview with the San Diego Reader, author Tammy Greenwood talked about getting caught by Hurricane Irene while visiting her family in Massachusetts in August 2011. “We were totally stranded. I couldn’t drive through the […]

On this day, October 23, in 1942, Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois. A bestselling author who often mixed science with thrillers (The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, Jurassic Park), he had a medical degree from Harvard but never sought a practicing license. Many of his books were made into movies, some of which he directed himself. He also was the creator and executive producer of the television series “ER”, which launched the careers of Anthony Edwards, Juliana Margulies and George Clooney. In 2002, a newly discovered genus of ankylosaur was named in his honor (Crichtonsaurus bohlini). He died of cancer in 2008 at age 66.

On this day, December 3, in 1857, Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Imperial Russia (modern
Ukraine, then a part of Poland). While he settled in England and wrote in English, he always considered himself a Pole. Heart of Darkness, one of the most famous of his 20 novels (which explores colonialism and the attitudes regarding what constitutes a barbarian versus civilized society) is considered one of the best English novels of the 20th century, as is his novel Lord Jim, which chronicles a crew’s abandonment of its disabled ship. Conrad died in England in 1924 at age 66.

Of Words and Dogs and Little Fishes*

LitStack Review: Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood

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