By Rebecca Hoey Pulitzer Prize winning Bill Bleyer, former staff writer for Newsday, college professor, inductee into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame, has become a prolific in recent years with four in-print titles published since 2015, with another … Full Story
Rita’s Reading List: Fire Island Book Favorites to Read Right Now
Fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and poetry collections – as the book columnist for Fire Island News for the past five years, I’ve reviewed some very fine books. So when Editor Shoshanna McCollum asked me to choose those that stood out … Full Story
“The Heart of Velletri” by Michael J Kannengieser / “What’s the point…” by Dan Shor
The Heart of Velletri by Michael J Kannengieser Fiction Dreaming Big Publications $11.99 Long Island native and author Michael Kannengieser has made it his “lifelong investigative quest” to discover how his father Gene was wounded, left for dead and survived … Full Story
“Beach – Fire Island 79″
“Beach – Fire Island 79” Nonfiction by Robert Bonanno Fire Island Pines Historical Association Last year, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Pines’ party that set the high water mark for all parties to come, Robert Bonanno, … Full Story
“A Good Man”
“A Good Man” by Ani Katz Fiction Penguin $17 “A Good Man” is hard to find in the pages of Ani Katz’s debut novel, and you won’t find him in Thomas Martin, the narrator and successful New York ad … Full Story
“Rónán and the Mermaid: A Tale of Old Ireland”
“Rónán and the Mermaid: A Tale of Old Ireland” Juvenile Fiction Ages 5-8, Grades K-3 Marianne McShane Illustrated by Jordi Solano Candlewick Press What do an author from Ireland and an artist from Spain have to do with Fire … Full Story
“Fire Island Saga: How Fire Island Got Its Name”
“Fire Island Saga: How Fire Island Got Its Name” By Warren C. McDowell Dusty Grant, Layout and Art Director Publisher: Review Graphics Warren C. McDowell is a historian and folklorist, one of the original board members of the Fire … Full Story
“FROZEN CHARLOTTE” BY SUSAN DE SOLA
Susan de Sola, is a native New Yorker, now living in Holland, but her connection to Fire Island goes back generations. Her grandfather, Rabbi David de Sola Pool, conducted religious services on the island before the Seaview’s Fire Island Synagogue … Full Story
“Two Sailboats, One Moon” by Sue Montana & Bob Bennett
A warming sun, a cloudless sky, waves lapping softly up against the side of a boat – a lovely image. But the water itself? Actually being in it or on it? Not so much! So it was with a bit … Full Story
Review: “A Speck in the Sea”
“A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue” by John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski Non fiction Hachette Books $15.99 Man overboard! Montauk lobsterman John Aldridge only wished someone had shouted out that little missive the summer evening … Full Story