Kathryn Kemp

There’s something refreshing and invigorating about a young soul such as Parks, who has their whole life and career before them, painting empathy and optimism to endure the time until normalcy

The media is able to create an image for a person that takes on a life of its own: There’s Britney Spears and there’s “Britney Spears.”

You are the star of the movie that is your life. So earbuds in, assume the gaze position and reflect. 

Composed of just over 80 poems, “I Would Leave Me if I Could” is a literary mosaic congruent with the intention, content and style of her music.

Chandra not only teaches English, but also is a critically acclaimed author whose novel “Sacred Games” was adapted into a Netflix series. 

“Sorrow,” with soft and bright precision, paints how Joe begins to grasp the sentiment that he himself contrived.

Eastwind Books of Berkeley hosted a virtual book talk to feature “Chinatown Pretty,” a book that is part of a larger project to share the style and stories of Chinatown’s senior residents.

Despite any allure that may be lost in this more explicit literary approach, “Evening” is a page-turner that instills a hope amid even the most dire and final of circumstances.

It is interesting to consider how, and to what degree, can a moment in time somehow morph into an expression that will last for years to come.

“Parakeet” touches on the near-insolvable crises tangled within the enigma that is the human condition.