Thursday, May 1, 2025

Book Review: Rabbis of the Garden State by Daniel Meltz

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Reviewer: Alan Chin Publisher: Rattling Good Yarns Press (2025) Pages: 296 Rating:  ★★★★ Set in a working-class Jewish family, an eleven-yea...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

Book Review: Drought by Scott Alexander Hess

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Reviewer: Alan Chin Publisher: Rebel Satori Press (June, 2025) Pages: 158 Rating:  ★★★★★     A recluse from Newark, New Jersey, Parnell, inh...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Indian Wells Tennis Tournament

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Every year, my husband and I manage the ball kids at the Indian Wells Tennis tournament. We just finished the tournament a week ago. For my ...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Book Review: The Feast of Panthers by Sean Eads

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Reviewer: Alan Chin Publisher: Queer Space (August 23, 2022) Rating:  ★★★★ Pages: 420   All of Great Britain is thrown into jeopardy by an a...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Book Review: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell

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  Reviewer: Alan Chin Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 302   Rating:  ★★★★★ A man’s life is thrown in jeopardy by a sudden, wrenc...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

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Gong Wei Fat Choi!!! May the Year of the Snake bring you good fortune, good health, and mucho happiness. Wishing everyone lots of happiness ...

Let it Snow Snow Snow

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Palm Springs normally gets snow on our beautiful mountains before Christmas. The year, however, two days ago was our first rain in a year, a...