Recovering The SelfA Journal of Hope and Healing

Author Interviews

Ironhood – Raymond Luczak on Poetry and Memories of Upper Peninsula

Over the weekend, Modern History Press published acclaimed poet, playwright, and author Raymond Luczak’s latest poetry book Ironhood. UPPAA announced the …

Ann Dallman on Her New Book in the Cady Whirlwind Thunder Series

Ann Dallman had a brief Q&A with RTS when her second book Cady and the Birchbark Box was published by the Modern History Press in 2022. Now her new book …

Rescuing Crash, the Good Dog – A Chat with Sue Harrison

Sue Harrison’s Rescuing Crash, the Good Dog is a novel for middle-grade readers. The book engages young readers with a heartwarming story of dog adoption …

Alan E. Smith on Chronic Pain Relief

Chronic pain is real and afflicts millions around the world even in a conservative estimate. Can one find relief from it beyond commonly subscribed drugs? A …

Lynn McGlothlin Emerick and Ann McGlothlin Weller on ‘Lumberjack’

Lumberjack offers a firsthand account of the white pine era in northern Michigan, the white pine boom of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as …

Sweta Vikram on ‘The Loss That Binds Us’

Grief and loss are inseparable from humanity. Sweta Srivastava Vikram’s new book The Loss That Binds Us: 108 Tips on Coping with Grief and Loss (Loving …

Diana Raab on Her Book ‘Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors’

The Modern History Press has just released award-winning author and poet Diana Raab’s highly anticipated book Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors. This …

Steve Persaud on Geometric Patterns, Angles and the Guitar

It’s been a pleasure to have a chat with my friend Steve Persaud, who is a musician and an educator in the Bahamas. Steve is the author of the book …

James and Reginald Bollich on ‘Luck or Miracle’

This Veterans Day, the Modern History Press is proud to present the autobiography of one of the oldest surviving World War II veterans. Luck or Miracle: A …

Ellen Lord on Relative Sanity

Over the course of a career spanning three decades, Ellen Lord has immersed herself in working with people suffering from mental health and addiction. Her …

Alan E. Smith on 101 Tips for Better And More Healthy Sleep

Alan E. Smith’s latest book 101 Tips for Better And More Healthy Sleep (Loving Healing Press, January 2023) is a short yet immensely informative work …

Jessica Biles and Jillian Kelly-Wavering on Grief, Suicide, and Childhood

My Grief is Like the Ocean (Loving Healing Press, 2022) by Jessica Biles and Jillian Kelly-Wavering is a story for children who lost a parent to suicide; but …

Ann Dallman on ‘Cady and the Birchbark Box’

Ann Dallman’s children’s novel Cady and the Bear Necklace by Modern History Press won the 2022 State History Award in the Children & Youth category. …

Sound Advice: Robin Abbott on Sensory Connection to Developmental Disorders

Seasoned occupational therapist Robin Abbott is the author of the new book Sound Advice by the Loving Healing Press. Her Book educates parents and those who …

Nancy Wesson on ‘I Miss the Rain in Africa’

Modern History Press author Nancy Wesson won the 2022 Silver Nautilus Award for her book I Miss the Rain in Africa. Published in May 2021, Wesson’s book …

‘Summers at the Lake’ with Jon Stott

Professor Jon Stott’s new book Summers at the Lake: Upper Michigan Moments and Memories was published this month by the Modern History Press. “In these …

Sharon Kennedy on ‘The SideRoad Kids’

This month Modern History Press published Sharon Kennedy’s The Sideroad Kids, a book of short fiction set in Upper Peninsula, Michigan. As published …

Left / Write // Hook – Donna Lyon on Her Empowering Project

Hot off the Loving Healing Press is the new gem of a survival and recovery book Left / Write // Hook by Donna Lyon. The book is a collection of stories by …

Chris Stark on Her New Novel ‘Carnival Lights’

Modern History Press recently published author and speaker Chris Stark’s new book Carnival Lights, a novel telling an engaging and thought-provoking story of …

Compassion, Michigan: Raymond Luczak Tells the Story Behind the Stories

In an exclusive interview with U.P. author Raymond Luczak, journalist Ernest Dempsey uncovered these interesting facts about his new book Compassion, …

Dr. Frank Gerbode Joins TraumaTalk to Share His Cure for Trauma: Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)

June 19th episode of TraumaTalk, Dr. Frank Gerbode and Host Ezreena Scott discuss how TIR (Traumatic Incident Reduction) helps people process and resolve …

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