Tag: Books
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The thing about books is…
“Perhaps the book opened a door; books have a way of causing ripples.” ― Erika Swyler, The Book of Speculation There is a particular joy in the serendipity of books. How one leads you to the next, how one echoes another without your choosing. How someone can ask have you read…? and you have, or…
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2019: The Year in Books
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles W. Eliot As the years winds down, I have a book in queue (The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler) and the manuscript for a dear friend’s new book…
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A Holiday Toast
“Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Take the phone off the hook. Work regular hours.” — JANE KENYON — Happy Holidays & Heartfelt Best Wishes…
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Labor of Love and a New Book
Three Chairs Publishing is pleased to present our newest title: WAITING OUT THE STORM Poetry by Jennifer A. Payne 5.5 x 8.5, Paperback, 44 pages $15.00 (plus tax + shipping) “Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we…
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Hi, All Your Readers…
The question gets posed often, by Literary Hub and Shelf Awareness and BuzzFeed: What were your most influential books as a kid? And we all respond: Little Women or The Secret Garden, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or Harry Potter. Even I would start to tell you James and the Giant Peach and The Boxcar…
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Author Jen Payne Featured in International Anthology of Poems
Author Jen Payne’s poem MEASURING WATER BY SOUND has been included in Coffee Poems: Reflections on Life with Coffee published by World Enough Writers. This international anthology contains 167 “richly-roasted, verbally aromatic poems” by poets from 34 states, 5 provinces, and 12 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, France, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Spain, and…
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Read More! Join me?
As you may have guessed, I’m a big fan of the Goodreads Reading Challenge. Last year, it helped me reads more than 50 books; see Goodreads: A Year in Books (2018). This year, I’m hoping to get to even more of the books on my To Read list. Join me? Visit Goodreads to sign up…





