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Margaret Black, who writes most of our book reviews, is an editor who loves
to read good books, fiction and non-fiction. She can read the eleventh
century Tale of Genji or a book on food by Michael Pollan with
equal pleasure. She reviews only what she likes.
Eugene Mirabelli writes those unsigned observations on politics and culture for
Critical Pages. He's not a committee, it just
seems that way sometimes. He also reviews non-fiction – science, mathematics,
politics, economics, biography or whatever catches his attention. In a burst of shameless
self-promotion he informs us — and anyone else
who reads — that his novel,
The Goddess in
Love with a Horse (And What Happened Next) is available anywhere books
are sold. Simply badger the clerk and insist she get it for you or go
online. His web is at
http://members.authorsguild.net/mirabelli/
Jo Page is a writer with a lively interest in just about everything.
(Correction: she has no interest in sports, especially blood sports.) She
writes a column for an alternative newsweekly and her fiction and
non-fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Drunken Boat, Our Stories,
Quarterly West, The South Carolina Review and other journals. Jo is
also an ordained Lutheran pastor and is completing a memoir about taking
leave of that position. It promises to be a very interesting book.
For over 50 years Jack Slack's main profession has been as a sculptor;
although educated in the earth sciences, he has done a bit of writing over
the years, both true story adventure narratives, social commentary, and
politics. He is the author of first person book about his adventures as a
skindiver, Finders Losers (U.S. Holt, Rinehart & Winston; UK
Hutchinson Ltd.) and has produced his own line of animal jewelry for the
past 37 years. ( For his blurb web bio see
http://designsbyslack.com/about.htm ) What has held his interest for
most of his life is humanity's amazing capability for environmental
adaptation.
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