Pearl S. Buck Literary Journal

There are 12 contributions to this Summer 2018 Pearl S. Buck Literary Journal. The theme of this issue is Justice and Mercy. Submissions include essays, memoirs, poems, short stories, and an excerpt from a novel.

Our thanks to authors Dr. Anne K. Kaler, Rev. Edgar P. Roosa, Bob McCrillis, Susan Wagner, Harry J. Houldin, Jane Bleam, Sandra Carey Cody, and Paul Teese.

Anne K. Kaler, PhD
Professor of English Emerita
Gwynedd Mercy University

 

(Click title to read selection. Author’s biography at end of contribution)

Justice and Mercy

ESSAY BY ANNE K. KALER, PSBVA

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Social Justice Themes in the Life and Writings of Pearl S. Buck

ESSAY BY REV. EDGAR P. ROOSA

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The Thief of Time

POEM BY ANNE K. KALER, PSBVA

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Mrs. Hastings

SHORT STORY BY BOB McCRILLIS

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Everest

POEM BY SUSAN WAGNER

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To the Bulge

EXCERPT FROM A NOVEL BY PFC HARRY J. HOULDIN

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Lydwyna the Spinster and the Pearl Embroidery

EXCERPT FROM A NOVEL BY ANNE K. KALER, PSBVA

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Sans Poetic Punctuation

POEM BY JOHN McCABE

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The Goose Family

MEMOIR BY JANE BLEAM

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The Cherry Trees

ESSAY BY SANDRA CAREY CODY

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Respite

ESSAY BY PAUL TEESE

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Extinguished Camp Fires Burn

SHORT STORY BY JOHN McCABE