“The Almost Sound of Snow Falling” largely is concerned with the notion of masculinity. “Mother Russia” recounts that journey and simultaneously explores the author's relationship to her mother and to motherhood in general.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's only father-daughter team will break up this year when clarinetist Tommy Thompson retires. But his daughter, Allie, says she’ll keep her father connected with the people he’s played with for 50 years.
Sherrie Flick, who teaches in Chatham University’s Creative Writing and Food Studies masters programs, is a virtuoso of pocket-sized fiction, and her new story collection, Whiskey, Etc., makes that abundantly clear.
