Emily L Mitchell

Christ’s final words from the cross—the seven sayings from the Gospels—have a compelling resonance. They have been pondered anew throughout the millennia by Christians and non-Christians alike the world over. Forged within the crucible of suffering, they have the capacity to awaken, to transform our...

Seventeen year old orphaned Knox James goes to live with William and Grace Triggs, the town’s wealthiest socialites. The Triggs have everything planned out for Knox to lead a seemingly perfect life as they do. Knox immediately clashes with their style. Knowing it is wise to make the best of his situ...

"Alluring" -The New York Times Book Review A dazzling collection of stories about how the familiar can suddenly turn strange.A guidebook introduces foreign visitors to a recognizable but dreamlike America, where mirrors are haunted and the Statue of Liberty wears a bowler hat. A department-store sup...

Writing and running have a lot in common, especially that feeling in the pit of your gut that tells you to be afraid, very afraid, just before you start. But in writing as well as running, sometimes the fear and dread turn out to have been misplaced. Sometimes you are powered as if from without by a...

"Absorbing....Mitchell's novel [is] the real thing."―Boston Globe In the summer of 1918, with the Germans threatening Paris, Edward Steichen arrives in France to photograph the war for the American army. There he finds a country filled with poignant memories for him: early artistic success, marriage...

Come Into My Place: A Collection of Love PoemsBy:Melissa Emily Mitchell

Writing and running have a lot in common, especially that feeling in the pit of your gut that tells you to be afraid, very afraid, just before you start. But in writing as well as running, sometimes the fear and dread turn out to have been misplaced. Sometimes you are powered as if from without by a...

"Absorbing....Mitchell's novel [is] the real thing."—Boston GlobeIn the summer of 1918, with the Germans threatening Paris, Edward Steichen arrives in France to photograph the war for the American army. There he finds a country filled with poignant memories for him: early artistic success, marriage,...