…to report all at once, after a lengthy dry spell. (1) Over the winter, I […]
Author: jstielstra
Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I currently live an old farmhouse on 7 acres of Kansas prairie well-stocked with birds. Our house is filled with two dogs, six cats, and books without number. And dust bunnies.
Intersections: 105 Meadowlark Reader
Thank you to the lovely people at Meadowlark Press for including my essay, “The Sparrow’s […]
Reaching for the Moon in Slightly Foxed
I am beyond proud (“chuffed” would be the word of my British friends) to have […]
MIPA Silver Award winner, 2023
Thanks to the Midwest Independent Publishers Association for honoring my YA novel, Scratched, with a […]
The Fortnight in September – R.C. Sherriff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars After being enraptured by Sherriff’s The Hopkins Manuscript, this […]
Eric Hoffer Awards – results are in!
My 2020 youth novel Opulence, Kansas was honored as First Runner-Up in the Legacy Fiction […]
Eric Hoffer Book Award – Grand Prize Shortlist
I’m delighted to announce that my YA novel, Opulence, Kansas from Meadowlark Press has made […]
A Present Past – Sergei Lebedev
These eleven short stories continue Lebedev’s explorations of history, memory, evil, and survival, glowing with […]
All the Beauty in the World – Patrick Bringley
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick […]
Seeing Like an Artist – Lincoln Perry
David R. Godine, Publisher (2022) I have long suspected that artists’ eyes simply don’t work […]