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“Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look” anthology
I recently had a question about our second anthology, so here is a link to the fabulous trailer. It is audio described, if you need described to you as it plays.
Boe2anthology book trailer:
Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look
Table of Contents
I. ECHOES OF CHANGE
Banging The Drum Loudly, Memoir
By Peter Altschul…
The Willows Weep, memoir
By Myrna Badgerow…
By Myrna D. Badgerow…
The Art of Dying, memoir
By Bonnie Blose…
By Phyllis Staton Campbell…
By Ellen Fritz…
By Marsha Gaide…
The Little Window, memoir
By Tara Arlene Innmon…
To a Roomful of Young Mothers, circa 1975, poetry
By Alice Jane-Marie Massa…
From The Little Spruce Tree, Memoir
By Barbara Mattson…
The Afternoon I Caused My Own Abduction, Memoir
By Barbara Mattson…
Stars In My Eyes, Poetry
By Valerie Moreno…
A Different Kind of Healing, Memoir
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega…
By Michael Price…
Best Friends, Memoir
By Rebecca Shields…
A Noteworthy Friendship, Memoir
By Rhonda T. Spear
Mother And Child Reunion, memoir
By TerriWinaught…
Nobody Ever Asks Me about my Mother, memoir
By Bonnie Blose…
The Empty Nest Halloween, memoir
By Kate Chamberlin…
Buddies and Pals Nursery School, Memoir
By Kate Chamberlin…
By Caitlin Hernandez…
A Journey of a Thousand Miles, Memoir
By Shawn Jacobson…
A Simple Pleasure, fiction
Reflections, fiction
By Bobbi LaChance…
Eclipse – Hands folded in Prayer, Poetry
By Lynda Lambert…
Family Feast, memoir
By Deon Lyons…
The Other Side of the Glass Wall, memoir
By Deon Lyons…
Egg Cream, Please, memoir
By Valerie Moreno…
Marshmallow Peeps, memoir
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega…
The Box on the Porch, memoir
By Ed Potter…
Yom Kippur, Poetry
By William Preston…
Stealing Yeses, poetry
By Nancy Scott…
The Light Beyond The Dark, Non-fiction
by Rhonda T. Spear…
By Sherry Taylor…
Christmas Magic, Fiction
By Sherry Taylor…
Birds Of Noël, memoir
Judith E Vido…
By Myrna Bagderow…
The Nicest Little Friend, fiction
By Nicole Bissett…
Terms and Conditions, fiction
Probabilities, fiction
By Manny Colver…
By Ellen Fritz…
Hold Me Down, Sci-fiction
By Traci MacDonald…
Would you?, Non-fiction
By Christine Malec…
I Call on the Spirit of John Milton, poetry
By Ria Meade…
By Shawn Jacobson…
The Reality of Rejection, fiction
By Shawn Jacobson…
Audioscape, flash fiction
By Nancy Lynn…
By Marilyn Brandt Smith…
Chandler’s Curse, fiction
By John Wesley Smith…
‘This Ball is Outta Here!’ Fiction
By Lillian Way…
The Adventures of Mckaitma and Jacob, Fiction
By Tyler Zahnke…
Kicked by a Camel, Kissed by Two Dolphins, Memoir
By Peter Altschul…
My Little Neutrino, nonfiction
By Bruce Atchison…
One May Morning, poetry
By Lauren R. Casey…
Witnesses, fiction
By Ellen Fritz…
BORDER PATROL, Fiction
By Donna Grahmann…
Dependable Pal: A Pony’s Tale, Fiction
By Donna Grahmann…
From The Old Crow’s Nest, fiction
By Ernest A. Jones…
My Kitchen Guests, Poetry
By Bobbi LaChance…
In Our House, It’s Not the Cat That Has Nine Lives, poetry
By Mary-Jo Lord…
Blind Cat’s Bluff, non-fiction
By Valerie Moreno…
Sharing Your Gifts, fiction
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega…
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega…
By Aly Parsons…
Her Spirit Guide, non-fiction
By Eve Sanchez…
Occupying Aging: Delights, Disabilities and Daily Life
By Katherine Schneider…
By Frances Strong…
Omen from My Totem, poetry
Maddie’s Love of Music, Memoir
By Judith E. Vido
V. POTPOURRI OF POETRY
Longing, poetry
By Norma Boge…
Wedding Vows, poetry
By Jimmy Burns…
Come, Poetry
By Elisa Busch…
Cat and Dog, Nonet
By Kate Chamberlin…
By Elizabeth Fiorite…
Inevitable Circle, Poetry
By Ellen Fritz…
Regret, Poetry
By Ellen Fritz…
C.P., Poetry
By Heather Herschap…
Safe Harbors, Poetry
By Gottlieb, Grahmann, Leschak, Strange…
More Than Books, poetry
By Robert Kingett…
Books and The Cook, Poetry
By Bobbi Lachance….
For My Mother at Eighty, Poetry
By Lynda J. Lambert…
How to Treat My Heart At High Tide, Poetry
By Mary-Jo Lord…
Match, Poetry
By Mary-Jo Lord…
In Dreams, poetry
By Nancy Lynn…
Hyacinths of the Midwest, Acrostic Poem
By Alice Jane-Marie Massa…
The gift, poetry
By Wendy Phillips…
Cochlear Implant, Poetry
By William Preston…
Writing About Eating In Amherst, Poetry
By William Preston…
Oxygen, Poetry
By Sally Rosenthal…
While Walking Home, poetry
By Abbie Johnson Taylor…
Blind? Deaf?, Poetry
By Leonard Tuchyner…
A Prickly Tree, memoir
By Robert Feinstein…
By Caitlin Hernandez…
What I See, memoir
By David Kingsbury…
By Ria Meade
Trouble’s in Town, memoir
By Ed Potter…
By Janet Schmidt
Hearing the Sunrise, poetry
By Nancy Scott…
Triathlon, Memoir
By Nancy Stevens…
Reading Blind, poetry
By Cheryl Wade…
VII. TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE
Snapshots of Life After Abuse, memoir
By Nicole Bissett.…
Ruby’s Gift of Prayer, Fiction
By Elisa Busch…
Trust, Memoir
By Robert Feinstein…
One Case from the Files, Creative Non-Fiction
By Elizabeth Fiorite…
Special Class: a Journey in Mainstreaming, Memoir
By Donna W. Hill…
A Night At The Totem Bowl, Memoir
By Sean Jacobson…
Three Weeks to Live, memoir
By Ernest A. Jones…
Torn By Peace, Memoir
By Traci McDonald…
Unbroken, Poetry
By Traci McDonald…
Darkness, Memoir
By Fred Nickl…
Mysterious Encounter
By Fred Nickl…
The One I Love, Poetry
By Michelle Sipe…
Narrow Escape, memoir
By Marilyn Brandt Smith…
When a New Day Dawns, memoir
By Terri Winaught…
VIII Contributors’ biography
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Kate’s 2¢: “What should we be worried about?: real scenarios that keep scientists up at night” by John Brockman,
Kate’s 2¢: “What should we be worried about?: real scenarios that keep scientists up at night” by John Brockman,
“What should we be worried about?: real scenarios that keep scientists up at night” by John Brockman,
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
It is now 2021 and this book was published in 2014, so the essays must have been written in 2012 and 2013 or, perhaps, early 2014. But the fact remains that many of the ‘worries’ these writers have expressed have come true. Why didn’t we listen to these thinking-in-the-future writers, professionals in their respective fields? Is it too late to repair the damage?
From the WEB:
John Brockman (born February 16, 1941) is a literary agent and author specializing in scientific literature. He established the Edge Foundation, an organization that brings together leading edge thinkers across a broad range of scientific and technical fields.
Brockman was born to immigrants of Polish-Jewish descent in a poor Irish Catholic enclave of Boston, Massachusetts. Expanding on C.P. Snow’s “two cultures”, he introduced the “third cultur…
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
What should we be worried about?: real scenarios that keep scientists up at night DB78418
Brockman, John. Reading time: 14 hours, 1 minute.
Read by Gregory Maupin. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Science and Technology
Co-creator of the Edge Foundation shares more than 150 collected essays that address the title question. Respondents include publisher Arianna Huffington discussing stress, technology publisher Tim O’Reilly exploring anti-intellectualism, and Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows End (DB 62400), examining mutually assured destruction. 2014.
Cornucopia: Publishing Breakthrough
Publishing Breakthrough
Publishing Breakthrough
By Kate Chamberlin
Back Story
During the year after my first children’s book was published, I had several manuscripts ready for their final polish and trips to various publishers. Toward the end of that year, our unwed, teenaged daughter produced our first grandchild. Within two years, she’d produced another grandchild and it became obvious that she wasn’t able to take responsibility for herself, much less two very young children.
My husband and I felt that our two grandchildren needed me more than I needed another published book. Although I was 55 years old and totally blind, we offered to adopt the boys. She made a very good choice by agreeing to the private adoption.
Middle Story
When our boys were 9 and 11, I had time to start sending my polished manuscripts around. I sent one to the publisher of my first book. The second manuscript had been illustrated by a gal who was in the USA for a year with her husband, as he did PhD research at Cornel University. In order to have the book published as a souvenir of her stay before she returned to Finland, I decided to self-publish it.
By the time our boys were 11 and 13, our daughter had turned her life around, earned an Accounting Degree, and married a wonderful former Marine. They asked to adopt back our boys and we agreed.
Break Through
Within weeks of the adoption, I received word that both of my books were ready for release to the public and I’d been accepted as the primary editor of an anthology by an inter-national writers group. Apparently, we had our priorities straight and my dream came true. The bookplate I hand out with each book I sell says: “Dream it; Write it; Read it” with a color photo of my guide dog and me.
Kate Chamberlin
Author: The Night Search; Green Trillium; Charles and David
Contributor: Behind Our Eyes, anthology (2007); numerous magazines and newspapers
Editor: In St. Martha’s Kitchen, a collection of recipes…(2013; Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look, an anthology (2013)
Staff Editor: Magnets and Ladders_, an on-line magazine
www.katechamberlin.com
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Kate’s 2¢: “Ask Again, yes.” By Mary Beth Keane
“Ask Again, yes.” By Mary Beth Keane
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
I thought this book was a well written saga of two families and how they inter-related to each other. I even liked the ending.
Molly Pope did a good job of reading this book for the NLS and I’ll look for other stories she’s narrated.
Author Website:
Mary Beth Keane attended Barnard College and the University of Virginia, where she received an MFA. She was awarded a John S. Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing, and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. She is the author of The Walking People, Fever, and most recently, Ask Again, Yes, which spent eight weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List. To date, translation rights to Ask Again, Yes have sold in twenty-two languages, with most translated editions forthcoming in 2021.
Copyright © 2021 Mary Beth Keane · Site Design: Ilsa Brink
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Ask again, yes DB95483
Keane, Mary Beth. Reading time: 12 hours, 44 minutes.
Read by Molly Pope. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Family
1973. Rookie cops Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope are assigned to the same precinct in the Bronx. They aren’t close, but they end up living next door and having children within months of each other. As their children grow, they are close, but are separated by a violent event. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
ACB pans paper ballot
ACB logo in white
The American Council of the Blind calls on Congress to protect the right to vote for Americans who are blind and visually impaired by removing threatening language in the For the People Act (H.R. 1; S. 1).
“The right to a private and independent vote stands as the cornerstone of our democracy,” said ACB President Dan Spoone. “The innovation in secure electronic voting during the pandemic showed us that there are accessible solutions that allow every voice to be heard.”
While ACB agrees with the spirit of H.R. 1, and its companion bill in the Senate (S. 1), there is deep concern with the “durable paper ballot” mandate included in the legislation, which would eliminate accessible voting options secured through tireless advocacy by ACB and its affiliate leaders in recent years. Such a move would prevent innovation in election technology, barring accessibility gains in the future and silencing the voice of millions of Americans who are blind and visually impaired.
With the option to electronically receive and return an accessible absentee ballot in the 2020 election, voters with a visual impairment were able to vote independently.
“Electronic voting is a game changer for those of us living in a rural state, where getting to the polls is a challenge,” said Donna Brown, president of the Mountain State Council of the Blind. “Denying West Virginians with a visual impairment access to an accessible electronic ballot would deny us the opportunity to exercise our right to vote.”
“Being forced to use a paper ballot would return us to second-class citizen status,” added Chris Bell, president of the North Carolina Council of the Blind, which in 2020 gained ground in the fight for accessible voting by securing the right for electronic receipt and return of election ballots in his state.
ACB urges Congress to amend the For The People Act with the common-sense provisions offered by the National Coalition for Accessible Voting in order to expand equal access to the polls for people with disabilities.
The American Council of the Blind is a member-driven national organization representing Americans who are blind and visually impaired. With more than 65 affiliates, ACB strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and to improve quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people. Together, we make a bright future. Learn more by visiting www.acb.org.
Access this press release on our website by visiting: https://acb.org/press-release-for-the-people-act.
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Kate’s 2¢: “In The Ground” by Jeff Carson
“In The Ground” by Jeff Carson
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
The tension of solving the murder and wondering about the romance is well balanced and keeps the reader turning the page. Once the back story is revealed, the murder can be solved. All too often, a secret that shouldn’t be kept, comes up to bite you. I like the ending.
Jeff Carson is the Amazon-Bestselling author of the David Wolf Series. Set in the high country of Colorado and mountain west, his books are chock-full of action, mystery, thrills, and suspense. Add a bit of humor and romance, a colorful cast of characters, all set in ruggedly beautiful territory, and it’s clear why the David Wolf series is gaining acclaim.
From NLS/BARD/LOC :
In the ground DB101381
Carson, Jeff. Reading time: 10 hours, 14 minutes.
Read by Dwayne Glapion.
Mystery and Detective Stories
When diggers at a high altitude surface mine exhume the corpse of one of their workers, the Sluice-Byron SD is called to the scene. Upon arrival, detectives find one thing is for certain: they are looking at murder. David Wolf and his team jump into the investigation. Violence and strong language. 2020.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Talk Of The Town” by Karen Hawkins
“Talk Of The Town” by Karen Hawkins
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…
This is not the usual genre I would down-load, but I thoroughly enjoyed this random selection sent to me from NLS. The humor and sexual tension kept this story about former teen-aged lovers trying hard not to re-ignite their love as adults moving along at a fast pace. The elderly residents were wonderful. Erin Jones did a good job of reading the nine and a half hours of this story.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hawkins was raised in Tennessee, where she lived with her parents, biological brother and sister, an adopted sister, numerous foster siblings and a number of foreign exchange students. It was not uncommon for 12-15 children to be living in the house at any one time.
Hawkins has a Ph.D. in political science, and spent time teaching political science at a small college in Georgia. She studied writing by joining the Romance Writers of America and attending their workshops and conferences. Before she was published, she won RWA chapter and national contests for her work, allowing her to gain feedback and critiques from actual editors. With this feedback, she refined her craft, and sold her first book in 1998. She now publishes two books a year. Hawkins was also the driving force behind the two Lady Whistledown anthologies, developing the idea, gaining a publisher, and organizing the intertwined parts of the books. She also has a beautiful son and daughter who inspire her to write and for whom she enjoys making sandwiches.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Talk of the town DB68598
Hawkins, Karen. Reading time: 9 hours, 29 minutes.
Read by Erin Jones. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Romance
After divorcing her cheating husband, “good girl” Roxie Treymayne dyes her hair blond and gets a tattoo. When her mother falls ill back in Glory, North Carolina, Roxie returns and runs into her high school flame, Nick Sheppard–now the town sheriff. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2008.