Stephanie Barbé HammerDo you love books like I do?Are you a passionate reader who is worried about the surge of Antisemitism and Islamophobia in the US?Jan 18Jan 18
Stephanie Barbé HammerinThe Journal of Radical WonderRevisiting UP IN THE AIR (2009)Stephanie Barbé HammerDec 1, 2023Dec 1, 2023
Stephanie Barbé HammerWhy I tried (finally) to write a mysteryI have always loved reading — a love I got from from my mother and my maternal grandmother, who were also voracious readers.Oct 25, 2023Oct 25, 2023
Stephanie Barbé HammerinThe Journal of Radical WonderEncounters with Rachel Pollack (an appreciation)(Cover of book courtesy, Amazon )Sep 25, 20231Sep 25, 20231
Stephanie Barbé Hammerwhy I don’t clear the spaceI’ve been thinking a lot about my father in law, Peter Behrendt, and how he left his apartment when he died. It was the polar opposite of…Jul 25, 20231Jul 25, 20231
Stephanie Barbé HammerinThe Journal of Radical Wonder_Small Mammals_ by Cati Porter packs a quietly intense poetic punch (review)Small Mammals by Cati Porter. Mayapple Press, 2023. ISBN: 978–1–952781–15–5Jul 1, 20231Jul 1, 20231
Stephanie Barbé HammerinThe Journal of Radical WonderTwo and One Season Wonders — a short reviewSometimes a tv show will only last a season, or two, and these shows tend to fall between the cracks of our consciousness (to mix a…Jun 27, 20231Jun 27, 20231
Stephanie Barbé HammerinThe Journal of Radical WonderScenes from a Marriage — Chella Courington takes on Ingmar Bergman, Lydia Davis, and Virginia Woolf…Folx of a certain age will remember Ingmar Bergman’s film Scenes from a Marriage — an intense 1974 portrayal of a relationship in…Apr 12, 20231Apr 12, 20231
Stephanie Barbé HammerinThe Journal of Radical Wonderwhat’s with the young people and these online games? a boomer review of BlaseballFriends — I’m 68 and a half and I do not play video games. Granted, I’m not much of a game player to begin with because my parents were…Mar 21, 2023Mar 21, 2023
Stephanie Barbé HammerinThe Journal of Radical WonderWhen magical realism asks big questions — a short review of the novel _Piranesi_ by Susanna ClarkeA lot of people find magical realism annoying. It’s neither fish nor fowl to use the old fashioned expression. It’s not fantasy and it’s…Feb 21, 20231Feb 21, 20231