Category: nonfiction

• nonfiction parisian phoenix author reflection

  Larry’s Christmas Letter 2023: Animals & the Nativity Scene

  I was thinking about what to write this year for Christmas, and the nativity came into mind. As I looked at different artwork and photographs of the nativity, it appeared to me that there are typically four elements within the nativity. First is Mary, Joseph, and the Christ child, which…

  24 Dec 2023
• events from the publisher nonfiction reflection

  Confessions of a History Nerd

  I love local history. I own Jim Lee’s book on the history of the Warren County, N.J., canal system and a signed copy of Kingdom of Coal by Don Miller and Richard Sharpless. (The two Lafayette professors wrote the book about the history of the Pennsylvania coal regions.) So, it’s…

  7 Nov 2023
• events nonfiction

  Warren County History Trail

  If you’re in the Lehigh Valley or Warren County, N.J., you may want to visit the Warren County History Trail today. Today is the last day of the historical society’s Open House weekend, where many of the sites will host open houses. Parisian Phoenix will join the Phillipsburg Historical Society…

  5 Nov 2023
• events from the publisher nonfiction parisian phoenix author

  Revisiting Phulasso

  In preparation for the Easton Book Festival, I have been working with Thurston D. Gill, Jr., and updating his web pages as he moves toward the future of Phulasso. Thurston will be delivering an opening blessing for the event and its attendees at Easton Public Market, 325 Northampton Street, at…

  16 Oct 2023
• nonfiction review

  Book Review: Season to Taste by Caroline J. Smith

  I adored this book— while certainly not light, fluffy interludes about female-driven food memoirs, it still reads easily. The book has short, concise chapters in an organized format that summarizes Smith’s ideas without becoming cumbersome. The book unfolds like a crisp aperitif, encouraging thought about feminism, gender roles, societal expectations…

  13 Oct 2023
• events new releases nonfiction

  David’s Little Town in a Good Place

  Julian Costa’s new book, a memoir by David Scott Campbell, David’s Little Town, debuted earlier this week. The unfinished memoir, which Costa discovered during his research for Campbell’s biography, chronicles life in industrial Galion, Ohio, in mid-century (1950s) America. The book launched quietly, as we had some trouble with the…

  15 Sep 2023
• news nonfiction

  Writing Dirty Words— memoir? craft book? humor?

  Ralph Greco Jr. launched in July his latest title, Writing Dirty Words (buy it here or from your favorite source of books, remember all of our titles are available through Ingram). It finds itself the #1 hot new release in “erotica fiction writing reference” on Amazon. Ralph has some honest…

  17 Aug 2023
• events nonfiction parisian phoenix author

  Free tarot at August 26 event

  In keeping with the spooky and supernatural, we’re also hosting informal tarot workshops at the Portland event. The witches in the Fashion and Fiends series use the Tarot and we thought the tie-in would promote Eva Parry’s divination journal. We’ll have copies of the Fashions and Fiends books as well…

  13 Aug 2023
• coming soon erotica nonfiction

  Some sexy titles coming up

  Recently, we received the concept proof for Ralph Greco Jr.’s manuscript, Writing Dirty Words, a combination writing craft book and memoir of his erotica-writing career. This title will be the initial book in the Parisian Phoenix Kink erotica imprint. This book while discussing erotica does so with such personality and…

  8 Jul 2023
• coming soon from the publisher new releases nonfiction

  Lucky #13

  My team— and specifically Gayle— has to chastise me constantly for sharing news and images too early. But I’m excited! And I like to spread the joy! Sure, sometimes it means cover reveals end up not exactly matching the cover on the book, but it also allows you, as readers…

  8 Jun 2023