Shaking Thoughts

'The endless see-saw of love’s pursuit and life’s reality pierces the soul, and the heart wounded, compassionately sees at once injustice’s hold, and loves freedom, while the seeker's hand firmly grabs the cross forever kneeling, forever praying, forever reaching out to mystery as mystery reaches out to me'. (Kent Beausoleil). 'Who got drunk on rain water because they had run out of booze?' (András Farkas). 'She witnessed bosomy, naked women riding masked, masterful men like fanatical thunderbirds on the muddy streets; elegant, disguised women enlivened by the blossoming instrument of scruffy, criminal men trying to survive by penetrating flesh in the Risucchian gutters (…) Suddenly, her eyes gave birth to sacred abstractions (…) She. She is writing…' (Laura Gentile). They are writing. SHAKING THOUGHTS. Edited by Joan Barbara Simon, author of Long Time Walk on Water and Mut@tus. SHAKING THOUGHTS. A jewel of a book showcasing the creative writing of talented authors we should all keep our eye on.