Woody Lewis: ‘A Stranger Comes To Town’, a novel by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Lynne Sharon Schwartz begins her new novel, A Stranger Comes To Town, with Tolstoy’s maxim about plot: “All great literature is one of two stories: a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.”
March 4, 2026 · 1 Comment
Woody Lewis: Sally Hemings and the Road to Curdsville
I have memories of the apartheid signs on all the restaurants and public facilities. A white person who grew up in the area at that time recently corrected me: “Those weren’t apartheid signs, those were Jim Crow signs.”
February 11, 2026 · 3 Comments
Woody Lewis: Guns Under the Bed (book review)
Anyone who protested the Vietnam war will appreciate the candor of Jody Forrester’s memoir.
November 5, 2021 · Leave a comment
