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I wanted to embrace the idyll. I wanted to be firmly convinced that Duncan Smoot’s heaven could have existed. I discovered the romantic landscape paintings of Robert S. Duncanson, an African American painter and member of the Hudson River School gave me the sense that Russell’s Knob was imaginable.

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The Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers 2014 welcomes: E.J. Antonio as a Participating Writer.

Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers 2014 welcomes.
Spotlight: Mermer Blakeslee
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Following along with Breena Clarke. She’s the featured author for August at Placing Literature: Where Your Book Meets The Map. http://bit.ly/1llQEqG
Though it can be said that Russell’s Knob does not exist on any map, Breena Clarke talks about where it might have existed. Explore Place and, perhaps, gain a fresh perspective on settlement in the Garden State.

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Oh, My! “O” Magazine has again recommended ANGELS MAKE THEIR HOPE HERE in

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Angels Make Their Hope Here by Breena Clarke; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Love Carter http://ow.ly/zCOyI

Take it on your summer trip. In the car, on the train, at the beach or in the rain!

Angels Make Their Hope Here by Breena Clarke; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Love Carter http://ow.ly/zCOJU
Take it on your summer trip. In the car, on the train, at the beach or in the rain!

“After this the novel swiftly goes from idyllic to horrific but told throughout in language that gives us the verbal music of the period and the soulful reality of this little community of outliers. ‘Angels Make Their Hope Here’ – this tribute to old Jersey is well worth your time.”
Alan Cheuse for NPR

Check out the whole review at: http://n.pr/UogWl0

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Reflecting on the New York City Draft Riot, ANGELS MAKE THIER HOPE HERE and the historical presence of African Americans in Manhattan.

If you missed my discussion of ANGELS MAKE THEIR HOPE HERE and the folks of Russell’s Knob, on NPR’S WEEKEND EDITION, you can listen here: http://n.pr/1qToZCL