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unalone: Poems in Conversation with the Book of Genesis

By Jessica Jacobs. Four Way Books, 2024. 210 pages. $17.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Jessica Jacobs was featured in the August 2024 episode…

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

The Mighty Salem Oak

Remembering a tree that has seen much Lenape and Quaker history over its 600-year lifespan.

Jessica Waddington, edited by Mary Julia Street

The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age, and a Brave Wooden Boat; Mum: The Conscience, Courage, and Compassion of Barbara Reynolds

The Reynolds Family, the Nuclear Age, and a Brave Wooden Boat. By Jessica Reynolds Renshaw. Self-published, 2017. 278 pages. $12/paperback;…

In Brief Compiled by Karie Firoozmand

Milestones August 2014

Births, weddings, and deaths.

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The Unbowed Head

When they fight, animals of the same species often have an instinctive way of submitting and signaling obeisance to others…

Ken Southwood

The Best Daddy of All

By Peter Horn, illustrated by Jessica Meserve, translated by Johanna McCalmont. NorthSouth Books, 2025. 40 pages. $19.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Eileen Redden

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

By Jessica Hernandez. North Atlantic Books, 2022. 256 pages. $17.95/paperback; $12.99/eBook.By We often hear the anti-Indigenous statement that the “United…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

Thomas L. Markey

Markey—Thomas L. Markey, 81, on August 17, 2022, in Tucson, Ariz. Thomas was born on May 29, 1940, to Robert…

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Distinguishing Audacity from Hubris

Quakers living out callings to lead.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Mott—Kathryn Hardin Mott, 98, on January 22, 2020, peacefully, a week before her 99th birthday, at Kendal at Longwood, a…

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