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AT THE ENTRANCE
TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN reviewed by Margaret Doyle
Armed with these beliefs, Halevi seeks in this book to explore the devotions of Muslims, Christians, and Jews as a means of dialogue within the multiple viewpoints of the Holy Land. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Halevi says, "Judaism was my language of intimacy with God."
WRITING THE
SACRED INTO THE REAL reviewed by Ariele M. Huff
The answer I give to that question is, "These are the things readers most want to hear. Writers and readers want to connect through written work with feelings, thoughts, and experiences. The problem for the author or poet is how to deliver these things in a way that involves the reader."
LITTLE SQUAREHEAD reviewed by Ruthie Young
In this book, Rosa, who has a square head, felt just this way. Author Peggy O’Neill, who is a three-foot-eight "little person," wrote this story providing us three essentials for getting through tough stuff: courage, confidence, and compassion.
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Beyond Yossi Klein Halevi’s credentials as
a Jewish Israeli journalist, his legitimacy to write this book
are contained in this statement: "I am a religious Jew for
whom the Jewish story ... is the context in which I try to encounter
the miraculous. And I am a religious pluralist who believes that
all the great religions are in effect denominations in one great
religion, which teaches the primacy of the unseen over the visible
and of unity over fragmentation."
The question we writing instructors most often
get is, "How do I put my own experiences, my own beliefs,
into my writing in a way that others will want to read?"
It’s a reasonable question, as most of us have had the experience
of failing to impress listeners with the importance of what we
know, what we feel, what has happened to us.
Have you ever felt left out and different
from the crowd? How did you react to that situation? Did you
feel mad, sad, and like you didn’t even belong on this Earth?
Okay, let's just forget
about the usual New Year’s resolutions. Instead, how about
asking yourself, "What do I really want?" and then
deciding what you are willing to do to go about getting it? Whatever
it is, create a plan, and do it now! Haven't we all recently
learned that life is too short to say "later"?