In this meticulously researched and exquisitely deconstructed narrative, novelist and historian Stephen O’Connor views the life and work of the great American architect of personal liberty through the prism of his relationship with Sally Hemings, a woman he considered his rightful possession. This paradox strikes at the heart of our national identity, and while heContinue reading “A Review of Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings by Stephen O’Connor”
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Review of News of the World by Paulette Jilles
News of the World is one of those short novels written by a poet where every image and syllable is rife with meaning and symbolic import. Set in Texas in the 1870s, it’s the story of 72-year-old Captain Jefferson Kidd, an old soldier and former owner of a printing press who makes his living readingContinue reading “Review of News of the World by Paulette Jilles”
Lucy Blue Writes 