Readers who are looking for another inspirational read have a treat in store: The Bartlett Christian Writers group has completed a new anthology to be released in May.
“Looking Through the Rearview Mirror” is a compilation of short stories and poems which draw from the past to inspire the future. These twenty-four stories and poems are designed to appeal to old and young alike. Elvis fans will revisit the nostalgia of yesteryear while recalling old hymns he sung in a little country church outside his rural Mississippi home.
Memphis residents can enjoy taking a stroll down Memory Lane through old neighborhoods. Others will find peace, encouragement, and spiritual awakening while sipping coffee during morning devotionals.
This collection also opens the door to experience Southern hospitality, ethnic cuisine and colloquialism at its finest. Sprinkled throughout are childhood memories with grandparents and family, offering a blend of the bitter with the sweet.
Susan Reichert, editor-in-chief of Southern Writers Magazine, honored this project with an endorsement statement.
The writers
Bartlett Christian Writers was started in 2010 by founding president Londa Hayden. Her vision was to help local authors throughout the Memphis area learn how to get their work published and available to the general public.
Over the past five years, this writers group has published several chapbooks, which are smaller booklets of similar collections.
“Looking Through the Rearview Mirror is their first anthology project,” available soon on Amazon.com and in bookstores everywhere.
The group plans to offer more anthology projects periodically. Guidelines will be posted on the website when submissions open again.
Authors interested in participating are invited to attend a local meeting on the second Saturday of each month at New Hope Christian Church, 3300 Kirby Whitten Road, Bartlett. See updates online at the website, bartlettchristianwriters.webs.com. For more information, call Hayden at (901) 218-2412.
