Lawrence Schimel Archives

One Million Oysters on Top of the Mountain – Alex Nogues & Miren Asiain Lora

January 30, 2022 Josh Olds Comments Off

One Million Oysters on Top of the Mountain is a beautifully illustrated ode to geology that centers itself on the question “How did those oysters even get there?” Our guide is Alex Nogues, a Spanish […]

Ninos: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile – Maria Jose Ferrada & Maria Elena Valdez

April 27, 2021 Josh Olds Comments Off

A few months ago, I reviewed a children’s book called Mexique that chronicled the story of a ship laden with children on a journey to escape the Spanish Civil War. Displaced in Mexico, few of […]