Publisher's Synopsis
This summer issue of the journal begins with an interview with Carol Reardon, who has just retired from serving as the Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University after thirty years of service. She has also served on various government committees, advised on films, and worked as a travel guide for fun. Anna Faktorovich, the Editor, gave a five-star review to Reardon's latest book in a previous issue, and wanted to discuss her work. In the next section, over a dozen scholarly, creative non-fiction, and non-fiction books are reviewed. Some of them are more readable, enjoyable and helpful than others. The "Essays" section includes three critical works. The first is from Sarah DeGeorge, and she studies queer rhetoric in Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9. Next, Mark A. Doherty takes a Marxist look at Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Finally, Heather Duerre Humann examines narrative time in Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad. The poetry section includes modern works from Gary Duehr (recipient of the NEA Poetry Fellowship), Robert Fabre, Louis Gallo (professor at Radford University), J.R. Kangas (retired Kettering University professor) and Joel Schueler.
