A gift from author Isabella Ides: Hello FARsighters!! This is more of an announcement than an article. My novel, WHITE MONKEY CHRONICLES, which has been reviewed by Elizabeth Cunningham on the FAR site, will be offered for FREE for five days, Oct 1st through… Read More ›
White Monkey Chronicles
Sisters of the Joyous Mysteries: an interview with author Isabella Ides by Elizabeth Cunningham
Isabella Ides’ White Monkey Chronicles is my lectio divina, the wisdom, humor, and wonder of her story savored daily. (For an overview, see BJ Austin’s review.) Although the titular white monkey is at the heart of the chronicles, and his… Read More ›
White Monkey Chronicles: Myth-busting in Eden BOOK REVIEW by BJ Austin
I binge-read White Monkey Chronicles The Complete Trilogy. The first time. It’s like Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, J.K. Rowling and Gloria Steinem got drunk one night and decided to write a book. A second, slower read was even sweeter. The first paragraph of… Read More ›
Creatrix Mundi: Speculating The Godma by Isabella Ides
What does it mean to approach the idea of a Godma, a mother-of-all, as an act of the imagination, as a pure act of speculation? I particularly love the word speculator: one who is mining for the diamond, one who… Read More ›