Nick Gardner

Oct 27, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Nick Gardner

Faulkner had his Yoknapatawpha County and Anderson his Winesburg. Rion Amilcar Scott’s Cross River, Maryland, had houses, slapboxing cultists, and even, once-upon-a-time, God. The writer’s adage, “Write what you know,” gets thrown around, and while some authors set their stories in a specific borough or beach town, others, like me, tend to bend facts and distort geographies of imagined lands.

Oct 11, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Neesha Powell-Ingabire |Afabwaje Kurian |Nick Gardner |Michael Keefe

Reading Lists As the leaves fall, curl up with these books I’ve been reading from outside of Phoenix, where there have been over 120 days of 100 degree temperatures as summer comes to a close. With Hurricane Helene devastating the Southeast and war spreading in the Middle East, the uncertainty about our collective futures—whether it is from climate change, the loss of loved ones, or displacement from our homes and homelands—is so present in the fifteen books on this list. Yet, there is also...

Oct 10, 2024 | forewordreviews.com | Nick Gardner

“Antiquities, including ancient manuscripts like papyri, have been systematically transferred to the West to the benefit of specific academic institutions, like libraries and museums, and the scholars who had access to them.

Aug 14, 2024 | forewordreviews.com | Nick Gardner

Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts Roberta Mazza Redwood Press (Sep 17, 2024) Hardcover $30.00 (272pp)978-1-5036-3250-9 Acclaimed scholar Roberta Mazza’s thorough true crime investigation Stolen Fragments brings the underground papyrus manuscript trade to the fore of an oft-overlooked antiquities market. In 2012, Mazza launched an investigation into Hobby Lobby president Steve Green to determine the provenance of his rare and ancient papyri.

Jul 31, 2024 | forewordreviews.com | Nick Gardner

Christopher D. White Jennifer Curran Mindstir Media (230pp)978-1-963844-06-1 Clarion Rating: 4 out of 5 Taking on the dark, difficult subject matter of a father’s enduring grief, His Final Answer is a gripping novel. Christopher D. White and Jennifer Curran’s novel His Final Answer explores the ripple effect of prolonged grief and the restorative work required to assuage it. Daniel is racked with guilt over the loss of his twenty-four-year-old son, Thomas.