Propertius Press: 5 books

An aspiring yet disenchanted Northern Irish journalist finds himself in New York where he discovers the interdependency of creation, craft and audience. Through a reflective narrative circling his daily life, a relationship with a woman named Mary, and an assignment of interviews with a rock'n'roll...

A modern epigram is a concise, often witty short statement that has a twist. It has a range of possibilities that the aphorism’s established truth often lacks. Epigrams can go where the writer wants without worrying about being set in stone, or hardened by an anticipated veracity. You want epigrams...

Here is a fascinating biography of the actor Marlon Brando, which focuses on his unique and mischievous sense of humor, something that has not been done in any previous biography of this actor. Full on anecdotes gathered from meticulous research into the papers, letters, and interviews of Brando's...

For the better part of her young life, Karen Baker reacts to people who either praise or resent her tawny complexion. When her mother abandons the family, she is left to help raise her younger siblings with a father who unfortunately is absent even when he is at home. A biracial (Arab/White) woman...

Phoebe Owens Price has raised herself literally by her own sharp wits from the poverty and ignorance into which she was born. Her dearest childhood friend, Sophie Patterson Harris, has done likewise but through very different means. Closer than sisters, they have always relied on one another and shared...