North Salem Review is a literary journal featuring prose and poetry, and recognized as a model of a community partnership that promotes creativity, reading, and enjoyment. The Review is a project of the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library, the Friends of the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library and the North Salem Writers' Workshop.

A rendezvous in a cemetery; a mysterious pond in Ireland; a harrowing ride through hobo jungle; a matchmaking son; a new love; a mother-in-law from hell; a lesson in tolerance; a decision deferred; one night in Viet Nam ... The Creative Writer's Notebook presents the winners, honorable mentions and judge's selections from its 2007 Short Story Competition. Delve into an afternoon of pleasure reading-reading as you used to do. Experience the joys of mystery, romance, adventure, horror, humor and fun - all from the creative minds of these talented writers.

All proceeds help fund FutureCycle Press's Good Works projects. A selection of poems describing American society from a personal point of view. Collectively, they constitute a critical look at the way things are, expressed in poems whose fine quality makes them deserving of attention. Note: A PDF version is available for free viewing at futurecycle.org.

A GOOD WORKS PROJECT: All proceeds benefit the Malala Fund. On the one-year anniversary of 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai's shooting by the Taliban for speaking out for the right of girls to an education, FutureCycle Press published a poetry collection in her honor. Edited by poets Joseph Hutchison and Andrea L. Watson, men and women all over the world contributed work to this anthology as part of a global outpouring of support for Malala. FutureCycle Press donates all proceeds from sale of the paperback and Kindle editions to the Malala Fund. To help raise awareness of her cause, a PDF version...

On October 19, 2013, in Murphy, North Carolina, a group of poets came together for a one-day retreat to discuss the issue of meaning in their poetry. Guided by Gene Hirsch, each participant read poems and discussed their meanings for the poet and for each of the other participants. They explored the discovery and expression of meaning, which proved to be a rich enterprise. Five factors of meaning that are frequently taken for granted were examined. Red Fox Run, the place where this special retreat was held, became the title of the chapbook that resulted from this work.

Volume 6 features poetry from Emma Bolden, Zachary Bos, Patrice Boyer Claeys, Dill Darling, Ann de Forest, Erin Dokter, Johanna Donovan, Erin Dorney, Nikhil Gohil, Tracy Hart, Laura Hartenberger, Jeanne Henry, Wm. Todd King, Matthew Landrum, Carolyn Mainardi, Herbert Woodward Martin, Matt W. Miller, James W. Moore, Sarah Nichols, D.H. Nicholson, Lindsay Oberst, Peter O'Doherty, Jessica Otto, Deborah Purdy, Rebecca Resinski, Margo Roby, Michelle Ryan, Jennifer Saunders, Scott Stoller, Harriot West and Megan Wynne-Jones

Al-sabr, often translated as 'patience' in English, has many places within our lives and deen. We too-often equate it only with enduring hardships. Those with greater understanding add on thankfulness and gratitude while facing adversity. Patience of course has many deeper levels we sometimes neglect or forget: calmness and composure; controlling our anger; maintaining good character; grit and fortitude when trials become increasingly laborious; restraint; tolerance; maintaining focus and balance when others have given up, all the while remembering, thanking and praising the Almighty....

The Qur'an is the Final Revelation from God to mankind through the last Prophet Muhammad, Peace be upon Him. The Qur'an has a wealth of information--both worldly wisdom and intellectual concepts--providing a code of life for humankind generally and Muslims in particular. Indeed, the Qur'an's miracle lies in its ability to offer something to non-believers and everything to believers. This book contains 3 of the finest translations of the Quran. So this book contains both old and modern new translations making it easier to understand for readers. The original Quran is accurate in the Arabic...

The Qur'an is the Final Revelation from God to mankind through the last Prophet Muhammad, Peace be upon Him. The Qur'an has a wealth of information--both worldly wisdom and intellectual concepts--providing a code of life for humankind generally and Muslims in particular. Indeed, the Qur'an's miracle lies in its ability to offer something to non-believers and everything to believers. This book contains 3 of the finest translations of the Quran. So this book contains both old and modern new translations making it easier to understand for readers. The original Quran is accurate in the Arabic...

The Dedication Project The Dedication Project is a collection of crowd-authored books which contents are primarily dedications collected from a specific community who dedicate the book to someone of influence or importance to their personal lives. Once their volume is published, each author receives a copy of their book to give to dedication recipient. This Project as a whole blurs the lines between art and the everyday, specifically by reviving gratitude in cultural language in the twenty-first century. Dedication: Volume 1 Arianna Warner's Family Every community has their own story to...