Joseph Matthews was formerly a criminal defense lawyer in San Francisco, engaging in the criminal/political cases of anti–Vietnam War activists and…
Everyone Has Their Reasons
The Boy Who Shot a Nazi
By Sasha Lilley Jacobin November 9th, 2021 An interview with Joseph Matthews Eighty-three years ago today, the Nazis unleashed a…
Growing Up Fast Under the Nazis
by Wana WyporskaHistorical Novel ReviewNovember 2015 November sees the 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht, when the Nazis orchestrated and encouraged a…
Everyone Has Their Reasons: An Off the Shelf Review
By Howard FreedmanOff the ShelfSeptember 3rd, 2015 Composed entirely of letters written to his appointed attorney as he inhabits several…
Everyone Has Their Reasons: A Manhattan Book Review Review
By Kevin WinterManhattan Book ReviewOctober 13th, 2015 Where do we separate fact from fiction? When telling a story that is…
Everyone Has Their Reasons: A Donvans Literary Service Review
By Diane C. DonovanDonvans Literary ServiceOctober 2015 Everyone Has Their Reasons stands out in the world of novels partially because…
Everyone Has Their Reasons: A Historical Novel Society Review
by Lorraine NorwoodHistorical Novel SocietyDecember 2015 Joseph Matthews has created a fictional picture of the little-known Herschel Grynszpan, a “teenage…
Everyone Has Their Reasons: A Words and Peace Review
by Emma CazabonneWords and PeaceDecember 2015 VERDICT: Powerful and unique rendition on life in Europe in the years 1935-1945 through…
The Madness of Reason
by Ron JacobsCounterpunchJanuary 22nd, 2016 Europe. Waves of immigrants and refugees are being forced to move against their will. Many…
Everyone Has Their Reasons in Collected Miscellany
by Jeff GrimCollected MiscellanyMay 2nd, 2016 Most people have heard of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass) – the night…