Anita DeFrancesco presents  Episode # 28:  Interview with  John Oliver Mason author of the book "Soldier of the Cross"

"There is a world outside the limitations of the senses" John Oliver Mason

Fictional story about David Lucas, once a drunk and whore-chaser and now a zealous fundementalist Christian and church pastor, leads an anti-gay referendum campaign that fails, just when his pegnant wife has an abortion to save her life, As Lucas becomes a leading figure in a Christian political group, he conducts an evangelisticn tour of US military bases, and his marriage begins to collapse.

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John Oliver Mason studied at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, where in May 1984 I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in History; received his Masters of Science degree from the Labor Center of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He have written for newspapers in the Philadelphia area, and his poetry has been published in ESC!, Philadelphia Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jewish Frontier, Poet’s Page, Poet’s Attic, The Angry Poet, Ugly Cousin, and the anthologies Meridian Bound, Poetry Ink 2005, Poetry Ink: The Tenth Anniversary Anthology, Poetry Ink 2008, Poetry Ink 2009, and Poetry Ink 2010. He have read his poetry in the Painted Bride Art Center, Kelly Writer’s House, the Underground Poetry Café, Najee’s Loft, Robin’s Book Store/Moonstone Arts Center, Mad Poets Society, and the Sedgewick Cultural Center. His poem, “Heaven Down There” won an Honorable Mention from Tit-elation.com; his poem, “The Image of God” won an Honorable Mention from the 75th Annual Writer’s DigestWriting Competition; his poem, “The Back Bedroom,” was a finalist in the 2014 Northers Liberties Review readers’ Choice Award.