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T.S. Eliot and Mushin Meet Du Fu’s “Ballad of an Old Cypress” by Ilona Martonfi
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot I. The Burial of the Dead April is the cruellest month, breedinglilacs out of the dead land, mixingmemory and desire, stirringdull roots with spring rain....
My Writing Odyssey by Fereshteh Molavi
I recall a few lines of a narrative poem by Nima Yushij, one of my favorite poets. The character of the story, a poor fisherman coming upon a mermaid one stormy night, says to himself: I must follow my own path/no one will take care of me/amidst the turmoil of...
The Pandemic Product that Could Help Promote your Publication by Lisa Braxton
The COVID-19 pandemic has largely forced authors to put tradition aside when it comes to promoting their books, and find creative and innovative ways to get the attention of readers. Bookstore customers sitting on folding chairs, clutching cups of punch while the...
49th Shelf meets Goddess Clotho in The Tempest by Ilona Martonfi
49th Shelf Browses Books in Death Like the figure she describes in her ekphrastic poem "Clotho" as "Ensnared in long tentacles of hair, skeletal, toothless, chiseled in white marble..." Martonfi's The Tempest has hewn her own spare lines to recast her book's obsession...
Notes on “State of Terror: A Novel” – review by Gail Benick
A match made in heaven! If ever two women were meant to collaborate on a high-stakes political thriller, it is Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, and Louise Penny, best-selling Canadian author of crime fiction. Drawing on their areas of expertise,...
Ciuri, Ciuri, a Sicilian Folk Song Meets the Plague in a Play by Ilona Martonfi
Ciuri ciuri Ciuri, ciuri, ciuri di tuttu l'annu l'amuri ca mi dasti ti lu tornu. Ciuri, ciuri, ciuri di tuttu l'annu l'amuri ca mi dasti ti lu tornu. Flower, flowers Flower, flowers, flowers all the year The love you gave me I give you back Flower, flowers, flowers...