Tag: CG Fewston

by CG FEWSTON November 13, 2015
Non-Fiction Pictures

In the Evil Day (2015) by Richard Adams Carey & the Tragedy in Colebrook, America

“It had rained Saturday night, but the rain had dwindled to a stop before dawn, and across the river, above and beyond the belfry and steeple, the green whaleback of Monadnock was wreathed in gossamer wisps of fog.”

by CG FEWSTON October 27, 2015
Non-Fiction Pictures

The Good Luck Cat (2014) by Lissa Warren & the Truth Behind One Woman’s Smile

“And then, on Christmas Eve, a miracle occurred: Ting-Pei Warren, the Judeo-Christian Buddhist cat, high on catnip and tuna water, silently scaled the six-foot spruce while her family sat by the fire, making short work of a pecan-encrusted cheese log. The three of us turned just in time to see her, a silver star atop the highest bough. And just in time to see her lose her balance and take the entire tree down with her.”

by CG FEWSTON October 26, 2015
Fiction

Journey of an American Son (2014) by John Hazen & Ben Albert’s Historical Saga to India

“I want to tell you a story. This story is about the man you’re named after and about the woman who looked after you early in your life and about the man she called her American son.”

by CG FEWSTON September 11, 2015
Non-Fiction Pictures Poetry Videos

Fields of Blood (2014) by Karen Armstrong & Is Religion the Cause of All Major Wars?

A compendium of history, politics and religion since the dawn of the agrarian age in human civilization.

by CG FEWSTON August 25, 2015
Fiction Pictures

Go Set a Watchman (2015) by Harper Lee & the Death of a Beloved Hero

“Go away, the old buildings said. There is no place for you here. You are not wanted. We have secrets.”

by CG FEWSTON August 12, 2015
Non-Fiction Pictures

River Town (2001) by Peter Hessler & the Imperialist vs the Poet

“To travel through Sichuan countryside is to feel the history, the years of work that have shaped the land, the sheer weight of humanity on patches of earth that have been worked in the same way for centuries.”

by CG FEWSTON July 28, 2015
Fiction Non-Fiction

On the Art of Writing (1916) by Arthur Quiller-Couch & the Dark Age of Lord Coke

“Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it—whole-heartedly—and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.”

by CG FEWSTON July 17, 2015
Fiction Pictures

Pumpkin Farmer (2015) by Michael Hughes & the Carnal Cravings of gods and Men

“She was a stone-faced statue when Horace shut the door and locked it. He walked down the hall, locked the door to the front of the chamber, went upstairs, and made himself some bacon and eggs for breakfast.”

by CG FEWSTON July 13, 2015
Fiction

The Apple of My Eye (2014) by Mary Ellen Bramwell & the Suspicious Nature of Heroism

“They could not feel my anguish nor see the concern in my eyes. They would wake up in the morning as if nothing had happened and make their breakfasts and go to work or school or take care of their children as if the day were like any other. But it wouldn’t be, and I knew it, regardless of what greeted me ahead.”