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Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 126: Moonlight & Vines by Charles de Lint

"Jilly's always saying that magic's never what you expect to be, but it's often what you need. I think she's right. And it doesn't matter if the experience comes from outside or inside. Where it comes from isn't important at all. What's important is that it does...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 125: The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin

"All Art is entertainment. That's so clear it's fatuous to repeat it. Art and Entertainment are the same thing, in that the more deeply and genuinely entertaining a work is, the better art it is. To imply that Art is something heavy and solemn and dull, and...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 123: A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

The greatest pleasure I can have as a reader is getting lost in an author’s story. What I mean is, an author has pulled me into their imagined world and has a reality that connects with my imagination. P. Djeli Clark achieves this in his first full-length novel, A...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 121: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

"Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet. It is the root of more unhappiness than poverty, disease, and erectile dysfunction. To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be. If you believe in God (and...

Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 119: Serafina’s Stories by Rudolfo Anaya

"The spirit of story and the spirit of peace are naturally bound together. Storytellers are one of the standard bearers for the creation of peace. I am convinced that story, as an expression of life, constitutes one of the highest forms of value creation." I took...