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Five Stars. I had the pleasure this past weekend to sit in my backyard reading poetry, specifically Canvas of my Soul: The Hues of My Palette by Anahit Arustamyan. The title…
Anne Rudloe, beloved marine biologist, co-founder of the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab, writer and zen Buddhist, left a last book before her death in 2012 called "Zen in a Wild Country."…
Yes, Yes Cherries is a gorgeous volume of ten short stories by Mary Otis, an award-winning author and a professor of fiction in the University of California Riverside MFA program. According…
There's still a few tickets left for Tobias Wolff and His Stories presented by the WordTheater at the William Turner Gallery, this Sunday March 3 at the William Turner Gallery in…
Being such militant musical advocates for world peace, you may have assumed Hot Tamale would be invited to perform for Kim and the Donald at the recent Hanoi Summit. Inexplicably, no…
– Joni Paredes, an exploration of constraints or of yielding to unbridled passion – When I say that I’m a fan of the stories and novels authored by Christopher Meeks, I’m…
–A History of a Freedom Seeking People – In the late 1700s and early 1800s African slaves in Georgia often escaped, making their way to Florida where they taken in by Seminole…
Red Betty plus Seven - new album from Hot Tamale. Look for new music from Hot Tamale on this site.
Less, a Novel, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer PrizeAuthored by Andrew Sean GreerReviewed by James Victor Jordan A Magniloquent Spoony When we meet Arthur Less, the protagonist in Andrew Sean…
When is ignorance not just bliss, but rather simply ignorance? Many boxing fans happily accept Floyd Mayweather's claim that he is the GOAT, as in the greatest of all time. What…