Sentimentality is missing in Marlin Barton’s Pasture Art (Hub City Press, 2015), a collection of eight stories set in th…
Articles by Jane Kokernak
New Ingredient, Familiar Foods: The Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook (Review)
Other recipes I am eager to try are Scallion Pancakes with Soy Ginger Sauce, Cake Brownies, Garlic-Cauliflower Breadstic…
Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us (Book Review)
Carpenter traces the world history of caffeine, which is foundation for his argument that we have been hooked for a long…
Diabetes in Fiction: A Review of True Believers by Kurt Andersen
Very few protagonists in contemporary adult literature have struggled with diabetes, even though the experience intersec…
Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Leads A Woman to Lose 100 Pounds and Make Lasting Changes – Part 2
"To go on a liquid weight loss plan and closely monitor the amount of food that you eat really requires a lot of focus o…
Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Leads A Woman to Lose 100 Pounds and Make Lasting Changes
She described her diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes, decision to join a clinic-based weight loss program, and gradual incor…
Book Review: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
When his most recent collection, Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, was published last spring, the title made me wonder i…
In the Waiting Room, A Dance
Often what motivates me to care for my diabetes is the thought of living a long and able life so that I might enjoy my c…
A Review of VerioIQ, New Blood Glucose Meter from OneTouch
Testing my blood sugar is a task I have done faithfully, frequently, and yet without much enthusiasm every day for more …
Simply Human: A Doctor Confronts His Patients’ Illnesses and His Own Diabetes
Book Review: After the Diagnosis: Transcending Chronic Illness by Julian and Betsy Seifter…
