Published Articles, Reviews, and Interviews: 2002
"Party brings Tidings of Joy to those in need." Living Light News, Christmas 2002.
"Wiesel deals with moral questions." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, December 1, 2002. Review of The Judges by Elie Weisel.
"Family at heart of sombre story." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, November 10, 2002. Review of Talon by Paulette Dubé
"Piecing together Pauline Johnson's sad, haunting life." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, November 10, 2002. Interview with Charlotte Gray, author of Flint & Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake.
"Harv: Tost." CDNow.com, November 6, 2002. CD review.
"A tale of Jewish mysticism." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, November 3, 2002. Review of The Book of Splendor by Frances Sherwood.
"Boss, the plains, the plains! Speculative fiction takes the Prairies to new heights." Prairie Books Now, Fall/Winter 2002, Number 30. Interview with Judy McCrosky and Candas Jane Dorsey, editors of Land/Space Anthology.
"Dog gone: Author looks at dogs in Native Canadian culture." Prairie Books Now, Fall/Winter 2002, Number 30. Interview with Bryan D. Cummins, author of First Nations, First Dogs.
"Icky is in the eyes of the beholder: New book studies the complexity of disgust." Prairie Books Now, Fall/Winter 2002, Number 30. Interview with Robert Rawdon Wilson, author of The Hydra's Tale: Imagining Disgust.
"Out of the jaws of moose: Slade's latest is a mystery for kids." Prairie Books Now, Fall/Winter 2002, Number 30. Interview with Arthur Slade, author of Return of the Grudstone Ghosts.
"Putumayo Presents: Afro-Portuguese Odyssey." CDNow.com, October 21, 2002. CD Review.
"Ten of the Holocaust's child survivors tell their stories." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, October 13, 2002. Review of Child Survivors of the Holocaust by Paul Valent.
"Refugees from Nazism left mark on their new homes." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, October 13, 2002. review of The Hitler Emigrés: The Cultural Impact on Britain of Refugees from Nazism by Daniel Snowman.
"Building Bridges: New album brings message of faith, hope and love." Living Light News, September/October, 2002. Interview with Anita and Randall Paul.
"Walking the Walk." Living Light News, September/October, 2002. Interview with Leslie Sansone.
"Lo'jo: Au Cabaret Sauvage." CDNow.com, September 16, 2002. CD review.
"Behind the public persona." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, September 1, 2002. Review of Flint & Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake by Charlotte Gray.
"Love blooms in an English garden." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, August 11, 2002. Review of The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys.
"So'Forest: Bikutsi Pop Songs of So'Forest." CDNow.com, August 8, 2002. CD review.
"Justin Adams: Desert Road." CDNow.com, July 9, 2002. CD review.
"CD Reviews: The Rough Guide to Paris Café Music (Various Artists); The Rough Guide to Afro-Peru (Various Artists); Distant Wind (Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch)." Penguin Eggs, Summer 2002, Number 14.
"Constant Craving: After years if singing harmony with the likes of The Bird Sisters, Tannis Slimmon finally flies solo on Oak Lake." Penguin Eggs, Summer 2002, Number 14.
"The truth will out: Holocaust survivor tells Transnistria story." Prairie Books Now, Summer 2002, Number 29. Interview with Joil Alpern, author of No One Awaiting Me..
"Books from the inside out: Activity series gets kids out of the house." Prairie Books Now, Summer 2002, Number 29. Interview with Candace Weisner, author of Let's Get Going.
"Popstars: One said, Yes, One said, No." Living Light News, July/August, 2002.
"Leduc Retailers in Giving Mood." Living Light News, July/August, 2002.
"Everyday life in land of violence and terror." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, July 28, 2002. Review of The Ascent of Eli Israel and Other Stories by Jon Papernick.
"Protesting the summit." City Magazine, June/July 2002. Interview with a G8 Summit protestor.
"Story brings era of economic turmoil and racism to life." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, June 2, 2002. Review of the novel The Stubborn Season by Lauren. B. Davis.
"Getaways: Click here, travel there." Living Light News, May/June, 2002. Reviews of online travel sites.
"Green Thumbs! Gardening the Family Way." Living Light News, May/June, 2002.
"Making the grade: Ways to improve your Grade 12 marks." New Horizons, Spring 2002.
"College comes knockin': Cross Canada Tour brings schools to students." New Horizons, Spring 2002.
"Kultur Shock: F.U.C.C. The INS." CDNow.com, April 22, 2002. CD review.
"Powerful stories tell how war steals children's innocence." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, April 14, 2002. Review of Shattered edited by Jennifer Armstrong.
"How children's literature deals with the ultimate horror." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, April 14, 2002. Review of My Mother's Voice: Children, Literature and the Holocaust by Adrienne Kertzer.
"Heroes & Horses: Corridos From Arizona." CDNow.com, April 11, 2002. CD review.
"Blended Lives, failed dreams." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, April 7, 2002. Review of Blur by Michelle Berry.
"Heaven on earth: Youth Conference set to change lives." Living Light News, March/April 2002, Volume 7, Number 6.
"Both sides of the history: Exploring Native political activism in Alberta." Prairie Books Now, Spring 2002, Number 28. Interview with Laurie Meijer Drees, author of The Indian Association of Alberta: A History of Political Action.
"Hardly Natural: New book studies medical attitudes towards Natives." Prairie Books Now, Spring 2002, Number 28. Interview with Maureen K. Lux, author of Medicine That Walks: Disease, Medicine, and Canadian Plains Native People, 1880-1940.
"Under the influence: Alberta celebrates its Originals." Prairie Books Now, Spring 2002, Number 28. Interview with Brian Brennan, author of Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference.
"Takes one to know one: Novelist van Herk writes a history of Alberta's Mavericks." Prairie Books Now, Spring 2002, Number 28. Interview with Aritha van Herk, author of Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta.
"A story of lives entangles: Love triangles, cultural contrasts in tale of female empowerment." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, February 24, 2002. Review of The Vine of Desire by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
"Making clients look great." Commerce News, February 11, 2002.
"Study examines benefits of bingo for seniors." Edmonton Senior, February, 2002.
"Accidents and after-effects: Powerful collection captures importance of trivial events." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, February 3, 2002. Review of Small Accidents by Andrew Gray.
"Drop-In Crentre extends God's love." Living Light News, January/February 2002. Written under the pen name of Eve Williams.
"Mordecai, Matt and then some: Collection presents glimpses of Jewish identity." Edmonton Journal, Sunday, January 27, 2002. Review of Not Quite Mainstream: Canadian Jewish Short Stories by Norman Ravvin.
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