Posts Tagged ‘books’
The Promised Land: a short story by Michael Fine
© 2024 by Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. The Promised Land. Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Don’t…
Read MoreThe Nadir: a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer Copyright © 2024 Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. There is a…
Read MoreThe Lincoln Miracle, by Edward Achorn – a book review by Jim Raftus
By Jim Raftus, contributing writer Edward Achorn’s first Lincoln profile, Every Drop of Blood, published in 2020 used a microscopic approach focusing mainly on the 48 hours leading up to the newly re-elected President’s 1865 Inaugural Address. Achorn opens the aperture wider with his newest Lincoln tome, The Lincoln Miracle, which thoroughly documents the surprising and historically…
Read More“The Jewish Prince of Denmark” – a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine Copyright © 2023 Michael Fine Photo provided Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. She’s…
Read MoreGet your holidays on! 11th annual RI Author Expo – meet local authors, get writing tips, buy books
The 11th Annual Rhode Island Author Expo will be an held at the Crowne Plaza Ballroom in Warwick, Rhode Island from 10am-4pm. This exciting event celebrates the vibrant literary community in Rhode Island. The event is free, with ample parking. Bring your shopping bag! Discover and connect with 100+ local authors, immerse yourself in their…
Read MoreRevenge – a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer © Michael Fine 2018, 2023 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Note to readers: …
Read MorePre K-Gr. 5 Providence students to be given a backpack with 10 books for summer reading
The Providence Public School District (PPSD) held a media event at the Asa Messer Elementary School, to help kick-start PPSD summer reading efforts. At the event, 80 second and third grade students participated in activities and received books. This event’s book distribution is a culmination of a larger Pre- K through grade 5 District-wide literacy…
Read MoreDust – a short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer Copyright © 2022 Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. _ Dust comes…
Read More“On Medicine as Colonialism” – new book by Michael Fine
In this strident, necessary, meticulously researched book Michael Fine uses the COVID-19 pandemic and many other examples to show the costly failure of the American health care system in bold relief. Hospitals, insurance companies, Big Pharma, specialists, and even primary care doctors have all become tools of the new health profiteers. On Medicine as Colonialism shows how…
Read MoreRead With Us: CITY LIFE – a book by Michael Morse – Chapter 15
by Michael Morse, contributing writer Chapter 15 November What Took So Long A man in Cranston dies while waiting for help to arrive. His widow grieves. As days progress the questions start: Why did it take so long for help to arrive? Where were they? Could he have been saved? The answer may shock you.…
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