by Nelson George (William Morrow) | review by Casey Matthews So, there I was in the bookstore, buying a gift for someone when my eyes were magically drawn to one particular book. On the cover were two people, paused mid-dance, wearing matching yellow tops and high-waisted bell-bottom jeans. As if pul...
Four Masterpieces to Becoming a Well-Rounded Reader article by Michael DeVault Sitting at a dinner party, you hear two friends discussing characters and events that sound familiar, and you start to play closer attention. They’re talking about a book, a classic that maybe you were supposed to ha...
Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel by Ishmael Beah | Review by Casey Matthews In 2007, Ishmael Beah published his memoir A Long Boy Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier about his horrifying experience fighting for the Sierra Leone Armed Forces in his country’s civil war. After the Revolutionary United Front (RU...
