By Shannon Bond "She looks upward, praying to Mizuko Jizo the windup bodhisattva to give her mercy."-Emiko's prayer, The Windup...
Reviews
By Jay Kerner I’m no film critic but I’ve taken a few classes and know enough to do a middling job...
By Shannon Bond As St. Joseph natives wait out the coronavirus pandemic in their homes, it’s nice to know that...
By Jay Kerner Everybody’s looking for something new to view. A populace already watching hours daily, is now largely, stuck...
By Shannon Bond You’re sitting at home in St. Joseph, Mo., practicing responsible social distancing, when all of a sudden,...
I finished "The Artist's Way," by Julia Cameron, in 2019 and my best advice to aspiring artists would be to...
By Jay Kerner The greatest movie ever, you ask? Surely this is satire. It would be blasphemy to think that...
By John P. Tretbar I recently acquired a lot of new music, on vinyl and CD. My mother moved out...
By Shannon Bond What happens when cultures collide? Terry Pratchett explores this in his often-hilarious book, Nation. This coming-of-age story...
By Shannon American stories are full of dystopia. We consume these stories without thinking about the realities of a post-apocalyptic...
