Three stories about honor killings were recently reported in the international press, but most Americans have never heard of the term. Some may even think an honor killing is honorable.  But, according to the United Nations, it is a serious problem that targets about 5,000 women for death by their husbands or fathers every year. Learning of this sparked authors Mike Robinson and M.J. Richards to write the multicultural mystery-thriller,Â
Dishonor Thy Father.
An honor killing is a practice resulting from the idea that when a Muslim girl or woman behaves in what is considered immodest behavior, she puts a stain on the family name. The remedy is for the father or husband to kill the woman to remove the stain! It could be a relationship with a man, or something as simple as going on social media sites. Just last month, a Texas man was taken into custody by the FBI after 12 years on the run, in
Ridgefield author sets new book in Oregon
‘Canyon Cuts Both Ways’ collection of short stories By Scott Hewitt, Columbian Arts & Features Reporter
Published: January 7, 2021, 6:05am
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2 Photos The Canyon Cuts Both Ways is a book of short stories about North Santiam Canyon. (Contributed photo) Photo Gallery
In Dan T. Cox‘s fiction, people’s hearts and minds run as deep as Oregon’s North Santiam Canyon, and their relationships and paths through life get just as complicated as that remote, rugged landscape.
Cox lives in Ridgefield now, but he grew up about 30 miles east of Salem, Ore., in the canyon town of Mill City, and he’s published a book of literary short stories about a set of vividly drawn characters entitled “The Canyon Cuts Both Ways.”
Meego (1997). Gilliganâs -themed episodes had a certain camp value.
Even her career as an author related directly to the series.
Mary Annâs Gilliganâs Island Cookbook, which included Skipperâs Coconut Pie, was published in 1993.
What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life, a memoir she wrote with Steve Stinson, appeared in 2014.
Mary Annâs advice in the book included this thought: âFailure builds character. What matters is what you do after you fail.â The San Francisco Book Review called the book âa worthwhile mix of classic values and sincerity .
Asked decades later about her favourite
Gilliganâs Island episodes, Ms Wells mentioned âAnd Then There Were None , which included a dream sequence in which she got to do a Cockney accent. She also cited âUp at Bat , an episode in which Gilligan (Bob Denver) imagined that he had turned into Dracula.