Category: Amy Lee Heinlen

Book Review: MOTHERING THROUGH THE DARKNESS Edited by Jessica Smock & Stephanie Sprenger

By | Amy Lee Heinlen, Book Review, Prose

Mothering Through the Darkness: Women Open Up About the Postpartum Experience Edited by Jessica Smock and Stephanie Sprenger She Writes Press, 2015 $16.95 Postpartum depression is the most common pregnancy-related complication with at least 1 in 7 new mothers mired in its dark water for months or even years, if left untreated. At least 1 …

Book Review: POEMS AND THEIR MAKING: A CONVERSATION Moderated by Philip Brady

By | Amy Lee Heinlen, Book Review, Prose

Poems and Their Making: A Conversation Moderated by Philip Brady Etruscan Press, 2015 $23.95 Poems and Their Making: A Conversation isn’t the kind of book that you read through once and put away.  In specific and individual ways, it is a peek inside the writing process of 31 accomplished poets. Whether a writer, reader, or …

Book Review: CLOSING THE BOOK: TRAVELS IN LIFE, LOSS, AND LITERATURE by Joelle Renstrom

By | Amy Lee Heinlen, Book Review, Prose

Closing the Book: Travles in Life, Loss, and Literature by Joelle Renstrom Pelekinesis Books, 2015 $20.00 Joelle Renstrom’s collection of essays, Closing the Book: Travels in Life, Loss, and Literature, does not try to explain to the reader how to lose a loved one. This is not a self-help book, at least not in the …