In the late spring of 1969, I was working as a reporter with The Gadsden Times in Gadsden, Alabama. One morning when I came into work, the city editor said he had hired a new proofreader then, moments later, he introduced me to a smallish, bright-eyed, dark-haired, very pretty, nineteen-year-old who gave her name as
In the early sixties, a group of well-known literary pundits got together to decide who were the greatest novelists of all time. Their conclusion was that Leo Tolstoy wrote the greatest novel in “War and Peace”, but they also decided that the French novelist Honore de Balzac was the greatest novelist simply because he produced
A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines examines the complex relationships between whites and blacks during the early 1970s in rural Cajun Country Louisiana. Gaines’ portrayals of his characters come across as earthly, warm and as human as the Louisiana countryside itself. The title of each chapter names the person who is narrating
“I am a John I. Jones fan! Okay, this story was so darn good, so full of interesting characters, and so well written, that I’ll never forget it…especially the conclusion. Jones is a talented storyteller and writer, and his skill shines in ‘The Bird of Time’. Lifetime friends and brothers from different mothers, John Chance
It was once said of Mary Ann Evans (the English novelist who, under the pen name George Eliot, wrote the classics Middlemarch, Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner) that “when you read her work, you knew you’re in the hands of genius.” The same can be said of Zora Neale Hurston, author of “Their
I have been a writer, a scribe, a man of letters, a guy who puts words on paper for as long as I can remember. I have been a reporter (for about a million years) and a fiction writer since around 2012. I denote that special year because that was when I completed Alabama Stories,
For all of my fans who like narrators with British accents, this one’s for you. My British narrator and friend JD Kelly did a killer job of bringing this story alive in all of its grisly, horrific details. *** Tembo Makaburi, the Swahili term for “elephant cemetery,” is the stuff of which dreams are made
A shy, lonely computer genius tries to find love in the digital age. He would never be the same! The story of Pygmalion for the 21st century! Computer genius Dr. Carl Wingate has spent his life programming software and shaping the digital world. A widower in his 50s, Carl tries to find love again but
Latest review of For Love of Daniel For Love of Daniel by John Isaac Jones (Goodreads Author) 5 Stars ***** Tam’s review Sep 24, 2018 An amazing story… This poignant, charming novella warmed my heart more than anything has in a LONG time. It had a distinctly fairytale-ish feeling to it and made me smile
By Tammy Windsor 5 Golden Stars!!!! Format: Kindle Edition In my literary book, Jones can write no wrong! And, this book just proves that fact to me, once again. In Tembo Makaburi, Jones brings you along on a greedy man’s quest for riches and glory as he relentlessly pursues a dying, bull elephant, and his
