This evening edition of Giveaway Monday strikes at the perfect hour for Hawaii-based author Brandon Jones. And his unforgettable prose will strike you as he brings to life an unforgerttable story of resilience. In honor of its upcoming paperback release in March, we’re giving away 15 copies of his stunning debut novel…   All WomanContinue reading

If you read the excerpt from Brandon Jones‘ debut novel All Woman and Springtime in our Spring Must Read post, you’ve probably been counting down the days until you could read the rest of the book. This spellbinding debut, reminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha, depicts—with chilling accuracy—the suffering behind today’s North Korean iron curtainContinue reading

North Koreans have only seven options of government-approved hair cuts. They have loudspeakers in their homes that relay government propaganda 24/7 (“The Inuit people are a tribe of isolated savages that live near the North Pole. Their boots are called mukluk. Ask your neighbor later today, what is a mukluk? If he does not know,Continue reading