Along with increased surgery, a growing need for support By Leigh E. Rich “There is a real need for psychological interventions for these folks who are dramatically increasing in number and who undergo major life changes,” says psychologist Marsha Marcus, PhD, chief of eating disorders and behavioral medicine at the University of Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric […]
12.25.2003
‘Careless Love’ tells the story of a 19th-century Bostonian who travels to New Mexico in search of himself By Leigh E. Rich Careless Love: Or the Land of Promise By Kate Horsley University of New Mexico Press $23.95. Thomas Hall has issues. Caught in a life of quiet desperation, Thomas vacillates between hero and tragedian, […]
11.11.2003
Latest Jackie Flowers thriller jabs at justices, journalists By Leigh E. Rich Extreme Indifference By Stephanie Kane Scribner November 2003 304 pages $23.00 Criminal defense attorney Jackie Flowers has little going for her. She left her job at the Public Defender’s office amidst scandal, lost her boyfriend of three years, can’t make the rent on […]
10.31.2003
Remembering Emmett Louis Till By Leigh E. Rich Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America By Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson One World/Ballantine December 2004 320 pages In 1976, Mamie Till-Mobley witnessed the unveiling of a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Denver’s City Park. In the sculpture, […]
09.11.2003
Dubbed fast-food fiction, ‘Tales of the Conspiracy Café’ gets stuck in the throat By Leigh E. Rich Tales of the Conspiracy Café: Barcelona By Lee Shainen The Patrice Press $9.95 Misogyny, thy name is Shainen. Ah, there are so many ways one could critique what local author Lee Shainen has dubbed “fast-food fiction” with his […]
08.15.2003
A glimpse into the lives of the Poor Clares By Leigh E. Rich Stalking the Divine: Contemplating Faith With the Poor Clares By Kristin Ohlson Theia August 2003 272 pages 23.95 When she was alive, my 98-year-old Jewish grandmother used to say that though she never doubted the existence of God, she was sure he’s […]
08.03.2003
Advice from the womb By Leigh E. Rich Sophie asked me to read this for her … My family and friends, Thank you for joining me on this special day. I am proud to be the newest member of the Rich-Strear family (and FYI for all of you Riches and Strears out there, I arrived […]
07.18.2003
Is that an extra hand in your pocket? By Leigh E. Rich Is that an extra hand in your pocket or are you just George Winston? The man who makes an empty stage, save for one grand piano, sound like a fine-tuned thunderstorm or a resurrected Jim Morrison dividing night from day tickled and taunted […]
06.27.2003
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Arizona author documents historical battle By Leigh E. Rich The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox By Jennifer Lee Carrell Dutton June 2003 451 pages $24.95 Today, 23 years after the World Health Organization confirmed the worldwide eradication of smallpox, there are only two places one might bump into the Variola virus that […]
02.28.2003
Teacher treasures tenure among Kosovo Albanians By Leigh E. Rich The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo By Paula Huntley Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam February 10, 2003 256 pages $22.95 Ernest Hemingway, known for the brash, adventurous way in which he lived his life as well as the acclaimed stories he wrote, needs no introduction—not even half […]
