***** (out of 5) Review by Dennis Ray This January I got sick. Not the flu though at first I thought it might have been. Toward the end of the month, I began losing my energy, I suffered from cold sweats, and I felt all around horrible. I rested, ateContinue Reading
Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo **** Reviewed by Dennis Ray Reading with Patrick is a memoir by Michelle Kuo. It takes place in 2007 when Kuo, a recent graduate of Harvard University, arrives in the rural town of Helena, Arkansas, asContinue Reading
President of the Asheville Gallery of Art Interviewed by Dennis Ray Sahar Fakhoury, President of the Asheville Gallery of Art, is a figurative artist. She is inspired by body movements and expressions of people she encounters in her daily activities. Her mediums are oil paint, mixed media, collage, clay andContinue Reading
Finger Painting Fine Artist Interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: Tell us a little about your painting process. Amy Perrier: My painting process begins by staining the canvas with several layers of color. I then begin to finger paint more color on, rather rapidly. I usually have an ideaContinue Reading
And Sometimes Tea Helps by Greg Vineyard My time in Asheville, including four-plus years of monthly columns for Rapid River Magazine, has marked a new creative era in my little book of life. I remember when editor Dennis Ray invited me to contribute, I thought: “Can I come up withContinue Reading
from Ted Olson, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist It has been quite an honor to serve for more than three years as poetry editor/columnist for Rapid River and to be part of such a vital arts and culture publication. My sincere thanks to publisher Dennis Ray for entrusting me with thatContinue Reading
