Joyce Jenkins

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Joyce Jenkins is a noted Bay Area poet and the editor of “Poetry Flash,” the producer/sponsor of the Northern California Book Reviewers and the Northern California Book Awards. “Poetry Flash”…

When The Elephants Dance

Tess Uriza Holthe Publisher: Penguin Group(PB)/ Crow/Random House (HC) ISBN#: 0142002887 Price: $14.00 PB/HC: PB/HC Distribution: Penguin Group A short blurb: Once in a great while comes a storyteller who…

Funny in Farsi

Firoozeh Dumas Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN#: 0812968379 Price: PB/HC: PB Distribution: A short blurb: In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran…

Dispatch from South America

Roadwork
by Robin Sparks There are the plans you have for your journey, and the plans your journey has for you. Things to do in San Rafael, Argentina: 1. Get an…

Winter Restoration

Roadwork
By Marsha Black By December of 2001, a quiet blanket of winter white covered Yosemite Valley. The event was so unusual that it made the local news for a week,…

Dante's Restless Spirit

Roadwork
By Nancy E Rapp In the fall of 2003 I found myself intrigued by the lyrics of Loreena McKennitt’s song, Dante’s Prayer. Cast your eyes on the ocean Cast your…

Arctic Warning

Roadwork
by Claire Savage When I first heard about the trip to the Arctic, visions of polar bears, reindeer, and jolly old Santa Claus danced in my head.  Childhood fairy tale…