Review: Another great book by Akley
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 14, 2014
In my second Jason Akley book, Crossroads from Damascus: Mississippi Headlights, I learned more about the life that Jason leads.  Crossroads from Damascus: Mississippi Headlights marries the memoir style with short stories, poems, a song, and a play.  In this book Jason writes about his life as it relates to his stories, poems, etc. He shared that he had attempted suicide twice prior to writing the poems published in this book.  He shared that Lazarus and Sweet Pea and The Bumble Bee were both written after his discharge from the Air Force and after the birth of his daughter Delilah Blue.  Through sharing the joyous and sad moments in his life he helped bring greater emotion and understanding to the works of literature that he created.My favorite short story in this book is a children’s short story called The Candlestick.  In The Candlestick a young girl enters a dream world where she is promised a candlestick at the end of her journey.  Through her journey she encounters many creatures and learns many lessons.  Like all of the works in Crossroads, The Candlestick is beautifully written, emotional, and straight to the point.