What writers will do to keep paper and pen together …
This month, we celebrate the publication of From Pantyhose to Spandex: Writers on the Job Redux. The book is a veritable cornucopia of odd true tales about zany jobs that writers do to keep the ink flowing. And it happens to feature some of Broad Street‘s authors. The editors, Thomas E. Kennedy (“Prix Fixe,” from our...
Contributor news: On the *Notable* Bea Chang and the river her father promised.
“They were river boys, he likes to say, and they grew up into mountain men. In college, they sneaked past anti-Communist guardposts by the pale gray of dawn to backpack into the mountain range that stretches down the heart of Taiwan.” We’re pleased to see that Bea Chang’s “The River My Father Promised” has...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Caitlin Hamilton Summie.
“We know that small press publicity is trench warfare …” After decades in publishing, where she carved out a niche as one of the industry’s top publicists and marketing strategists, Caitlin Hamilton Summie has just brought out her own first story collection, To Lay to Rest Our Ghosts, with Fomite Press. The book represents twenty-five years’ worth of story writing,...
“The Amazing Kolb Brothers of Grand Canyon,” by Roger Naylor.
“Photographers Ellsworth and Emery Kolb were daredevil adventurers … equal parts artist and athlete, a dizzying combination that pushed them toward increasingly creative ways to risk their necks.” Broad Street proudly presents an excerpt from Roger Naylor’s latest book, in which the author digs into the thrilling tale of Ellsworth and Emery Kolb. In the...
Truth Teller Spotlight: Lee Strasburger, Artist.
“To express myself in that ‘calling moment’ is to give my energy in its purest, most positive form….” Lee Strasburger is a painter, photographer, and textile artist who has mounted one-person shows in Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Her work has also been featured in group shows all over the globe. A true...
