A journal of rediscovery
– Moths white as ghosts among these hundred cling/ Small in the porchlight . . I am one of yours —John Berryman, “Sonnet 14” On April 10, 2015, I entered Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights, Minnesota in search of the grave site of poet John Berryman. This stop was the
– PY: What inspired you to write the short story “The Silent Monkeys”? LDCB: About 15 years ago, I bought a little monkey statue in a North London charity shop. I didn’t realize at first that it was the “speak no evil” monkey, partly because the other two monkeys weren’t
Continue readingInterview with “The Silent Monkeys” Author, Laura Del Col Brown
by Catherine D’Andrea – Variations on the three monkeys, known to us as “Hear No Evil,” “See No Evil,” and “Speak No Evil,” have been found throughout the world for centuries. They appear on dinnerware and other household items, on fabrics and furnishings, and in architecture, as well as in
Laura Del Col Brown’s short story, “The Silent Monkeys,” captures radiance in comforting tokens of silence. … Continue readingSilent Monkeys by Laura Del Col Brown
– It’s rare that history… well… makes history. Yet that happened last summer when an esteemed piece of history, the Charles W. Morgan, the world’s last wooden whaleship sailed for the first time in more than ninety years. The oldest commercial vessel still afloat, the Morgan was built and launched