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New Books For Readers #232

 Reviews of books by Jim Minick, Clarice Lispector, The Porch Poems, George du Maurier,
Louise Fitzhugh, Natalia Ginzburg, Marilynne Robinson; Kathleen Watt; Hambly,
Connelly, Alison Hubbard, Imogen Keeper, James McBride, Jenny Offill.
Reviews by Hilton Obenzinger, Eddy Pendarvis, Diane Simmons, Suzanne McConnell,
and Christine Willis.

4-4-23


This page is about Meredith Sue Willis and her teaching, projects, and books, which include novels and short fiction for adults; stories for children; and nonfictionon writing and the writing process. For a full list of her books, see the column on the right.

Click here for information about MSW's upcoming appearances, teaching and workshops. There is also information for writers (Resources for Writers and A Journal of Practical Writing) along with reviews of all kinds of books and excellent things to watch, listen to, and read online.

If you discover broken links or typographical errors, please contact us at msw@meredithsuewillis.com.






At Shepherd.com:
My Favorite Reads for 2023
plus a list of favorite reads by writers:
And here is the URL with the total results
from all authors
(by genre and other categories)
My List of the Best Great American Novels
From Appalachia at Shepherd.com!




New Review of Love Palace


 Hilton Obenzinger says,  "In Martha, Meredith Sue Willis has created a great hardboiled narrator. She’s been hurt and pissed off, mainly by her two “rotters,” her father and her ex-husband, and the world that’s dealt her a tough hand, and she finds relief through sex and constant instability, confiding in her therapist, when she can afford her. She’s ready for change, and stumbles into the Love Palace, a church, a social center, and an organizing HQ for its elusive charismatic spiritual leader, and by happenstance she becomes its administrator. The Love Palace is among the last low-income housing buildings in the riverside New Jersey neighborhood being overrun by gentrification, and it becomes the focal point for a fight to save what’s left. The Love Palace is a catalyst, pulling together multiple lives and stories into a pulsating community. Martha ends up cajoled to marry a much younger man, scion of the rich couple who owns the Love Palace as a project of their church – or at least we think they own it. The Love Palace community fights eviction and demolition, and knowing who owns the building is crucial – and knowing the truth about the spiritual leader as well. The novel is filled with surprises and revelations as the mysteries peel away, and Martha grows increasingly capable of handling the madness of seduction, deceit, and betrayal. Love Palace, the novel, is a delight to read, and Martha is a tough character worth meeting again and again."

 

Buy it from Bookshop.org or any of the usual online hardcopy suspects.
Also available as a Kindle book on Amazon, and for most e-reader formats at Smashwords.com.



Articles & More for Readers and Writers

  • Latest Issue:New Books For Readers #232. Reviews of books by Jim Minick, Clarice Lispector, The Porch Poems, George du Maurier,Louise Fitzhugh, Natalia Ginzburg, Marilynne Robinson; Kathleen Watt; Hambly,Connelly, Alison Hubbard, Imogen Keeper, James McBride, Jenny Offill. Reviews by Hilton Obenzinger, Eddy Pendarvis, Diane Simmons, Suzanne McConnell, and Christine Willis.
  • Latest Issue:  Hamilton Stone Review #49 Fall 2023  Poetry: Robert Gibb; Tony Beyer: Erin Wilson; Lynn Gilbert; Rochelle Robinson-Dukes; Bruce McRae; Barry Seiler; John Repp; George Moore; J.R. Solonche; Mary Dean Lee; Jennifer Dotson; Stephen C. Middleton; Priscilla Atkins; Cordelia Hanemann; James Owens; Eugene Datta; Daniel Romo; V.P. Loggins; Leonore Hildebrandt; Joel Aleghetti; Rizwan Akhtar. Prose: Stephen Combs; James Hartman; Eleanor Lerman; Pegah Ouji; Li Ruan; Daniel Ruefman 


In Memoriam:  Eva Kollisch


 




Eva Kollisch, memoirist, teacher, and Progressive and LGBQT activist Died this week. See the obituary in the The New York Times here. Her memoir with Hamilton Stone Editions is The Ground Under My Feet

 





MSW Book News:


The Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) has just announced that "Juvenile fiction book Billie of Fish House Lane by American author Meredith Sue Willis has been published in Persian and is available to Iranian Children." See announcement here.


       

Soledad in the Desert is available directly from Montemayor Press as well as from various online bookstores like Bookshop.org (part of the profit goes to local bookstores!) and Amazon.com, as well as brick-and-mortar stores. Saving Tyler Hake available directly from Mountain State Press as well as from Amazon. Their Houses is available from the usual online suspects as well as directly from the publisher.

 

 

For Upcoming MSW Classes, Publications and More, Click here.

 




  E-Book Editions of MSW's Books

 

Oradell at Sea Ebook Cover ImageDwight's House Ebook Cover ImageHigher Ground Ebook Cover ImageOnly Great Changes Ebook Cover ImageTrespassers Ebook Cover Image
Re-Visions Ebook Cover ImageA Space Apart Ebook Cover ImageThe City Bulit of Starships Ebook Cover ImageMeli's Way Ebook Cover ImageOut of the Mountains Ebook Cover Image

(To buy any of these e-books, click on the image. They are also available at the Kindle Store and at the Nook Store as well as the iBook store and other e-book stores.)

 

 

 

In Memoriam

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Taxicab Willis-Weinberger Extraoredinary
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March 2006-March 30,2020

 

 

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Complete List of Meredith Sue Willis's Books

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