REVIEW: Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature by James J. Patterson in hippocamus magazine
When I picked up James J. Patterson’s lovely Junk Shop Window: Essays on Myth, Life, and Literature (Alan Squire Publishing 2023), I did not know that I had accepted an invitation to spend several hours with a wise and charming Muse. Patterson graciously welcomes us into his world and into his thoughts about our larger one. This collection is filled with humor, heart, and Patterson’s depth of understanding serves both as a comfort to his readers and a challenge to follow our own hearts—and help save our world.