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Issue 7
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“It is difficult to persuade me that the story of the Prodigal Son is not the legend of one who didn't want to be loved.”
—Rilke
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JOHN JEFFIRE
was named Grand PrIze Winner in the Mount Arrowsmith Novel Competition and in 2007 it won a Gold Medal for Regional Fiction in the Independent Publishing Awards. His first book of poetry, “Stone + Fist + Brick + Bone,” was nominated for a Michigan Notable Book Award in 2009. In 2022, his novel River Rouge won the 2022 American Writing Awards for Legacy Fiction. For more on the author and his work, visit writeondetroit.com. |