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Questions and Answers with M Dolon Hickmon author of 13:24: A Story of Faith and Obsession
Yesterday I reviewed the novel 13:24: A Story of Faith and Obsession and shortly after my article was posted I was contacted by the author Dolon Hickmon. He agreed to answer a few questions about symbolism and other aspects in his book. … Continue reading
13:24: A Story of Faith and Obsession – a novel by M. Dolon Hickmon
13:24: A Story of Faith and Obsession is a thriller by first time author M. Dolon Hickmon that describes the consequences of child abuse couched in the language of Christianity. This review will contain spoilers, but since we know the identities … Continue reading
May 25th is Towel Day
Douglas Adams best known work was the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in which he explained how a towel is the most important item an intergalactic hitchhiker must carry. To honour him, people celebrate Towel Day on May 25. From … Continue reading
A Sad Day in Literature
The world is losing one of the 20th century’s great authors. Gabriel Garcia Márquez has retired from writing at the age of 85 due to the effects of dementia. Jaime García Márquez told students in Cartagena, Colombia, that his older brother, … Continue reading
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens died yesterday of the oesophageal cancer that had plagued him for the past year and a half. Hitchens was a remarkable thinker and writer, considered by many to be the best essayist in recent times. I’m not going … Continue reading
Our Stories Have Shapes
Anyone wishing to be an novelist could do much worse than to emulate Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Critics of art or life should pay attention too. In an undated video, Vonnegut explains the Shapes of Stories. This video is an excerpt … Continue reading
Violent Muslims in Canada
Every once in a while, religious intolerance rears its ugly head here in Canada. This time it is against a young self-published author from Oakville, Ontario. Paris Dipersico author of Wake Up Call, wrote his own book promo. “I’m Paris Dipersico … Continue reading
Irony in San Francisco
The location isn’t important, but the fact that it happened in San Francisco deepens the irony. This happened at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in the Gertrude Stein Exhibit. Drawing upon a wealth of rarely seen artistic and archival materials, Seeing … Continue reading
Butterflies and Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov, the well known author of the controversial novel “Lolita” had a side of which the general public was much less aware. That was his love for, and dedication to butterflies. While studying at Cambridge, his first publication, “A … Continue reading
Sam Harris – Afterword to the Letter to a Christian Nation
Sam Harris has a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA. He is well known as an author an outspoken atheist. Back in 2006, he published “Letter to a Christian Nation” in which he … Continue reading
