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Book Review: Scattered Lights

2021 January 19 by pdh513

Scattered Lights. By Steve Wiegenstein. (Cornerpost Press 2020 Pp. 164) Reviewed by Craig Albin We have all seen them. Approaching a small town by night, we notice first the lights that spangle homes and businesses, and perhaps we project upon their luster the safety and comforts of community, the consoling promise of an outpost in the darkness. Yet in the new story … [Read more...] about Book Review: Scattered Lights

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Awards and Nominations

2020 October 30 by pdh513

Awards and Nominations Jim Hamilton’s Ozarks RFD: Selected Essays won the 2020 Non-Fiction Book Award from the Ozarks Writers’ League. Seven of the essays in this collection appeared in Elder Mountain. The editors of Elder Mountain have nominated Denise Henderson Vaugh’s article “The West Plains Sewage Lagoon Drama, 1978: A Lesson on Infrastructure Failure in a Karst … [Read more...] about Awards and Nominations

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Book Review: Lake of the Ozarks, My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

2020 October 29 by pdh513

Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America. By Bill Geist. (Grand Central Publishing, 2019, Pp. 208). Reviewed by Thomas A. Peters This is a very funny book, but also unsettling in several ways. As I read, I wondered if the world needs yet another memoir about the aching youth of a semi-privileged white male in America in the mid-twentieth century. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Lake of the Ozarks, My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

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Reviews and Discussions of Elder

2020 October 18 by pdh513

Check out these reviews and discussions of Elder … [Read more...] about Reviews and Discussions of Elder

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Reviewers Needed

2020 October 5 by pdh513

Book Reviewers Needed The books listed below are currently available for reviewing for Elder Mountain. If you wish to review one of these books or wish to suggest a book for review, email me at philliphowerton@missouristate.edu. Reviews should be 500-1000 words, confirm to MLA guidelines, and be forwarded as a Word document in an email attachment. Deadlines for … [Read more...] about Reviewers Needed

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