207 ratings | 85 reviews | avg rating:4.66

Arthur’s Year In Books

Arthur’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Arthur’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Arthur’s 2025 Year in Books

Arthur Turfa’s Followers (161)

Arthur’s Bookshelves

to-read (5)
currently-reading (17)
read (239)
literary-fiction (0)

Arthur’s Friends (316)

Stjepan Cobets

923 books | 638 friends

Kenning JP Garcia

4,042 books | 1,755 friends

C.A. King

1,081 books | 428 friends

Jenna

500 books | 1,175 friends

Philip Dodd

901 books | 211 friends

Josh Roberts

469 books | 6,508 friends

C.J. Heigelmann

91 books | 2,190 friends

Amanda Lynch

1,500 books | 126 friends

More friends…

Arthur Turfa

Goodreads Author

Born

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The United States

Website

http://www.awturfa.blogspot.com

Twitter

https://twitter.com/DrTurfa

Genre

Poetry, History, Fiction

Member Since

June 2012

edit data

Placed in the Top Ten of the Pnagolin Review Poetry Prize 2019; https://thepangolinreview.wixsite.com...

About half of my life has been spent in various parts of Pennsylvania. Most of the rest has been spent in New Mexico, California, Virginia, South Carolina, and Germany.

My career path has been bi-vocational; I am a Lutheran pastor and Army chaplain (Retired Reservist with veteran status) and educator on secondary and post-secondary levels.

I wrote a lot of poetry when younger, then I took a 20-year break and resumed around 2002.

eLectio Publishing released my first book of poetry, "Places and Times" in April 2015.

"Accents" is my second poetry book, available on Amazon KDP since February 2018. This is thematically my best work. "Gemin ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Arthur Turfa questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Arthur Turfa’s books

Average rating: 4.76 · 93 ratings · 44 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Places and Times 4.67 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saluda Reflections 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Accents 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gemini it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Opportunity but Seedbed for Later Discussion:The Council of Ferarra-Florence as a Springboard for Encounters between Western and Eastern Christianity it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Botleys of Beaumont County it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epiphanies by Arthur Turfa (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epiphanies 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saluda Reflections by Arthur Turfa by Arthur Turfa (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Arthur Turfa…

921 posts
Arthur Turfa's Blog

Bi-lingual Blog from Miriam Gross

This bi-lingual blog comes from my friend and pastoral colleague, Miriam Groß, wh serves a German Lutheran (EKD) parish in Manhattan. Not everything is in both languages. Regardless of language, one can read well-written, cogent reflections on a variety of contemporary events and wide-ranging issues.

https://miriamgross.blog/?fbclid=IwAR1mVBII3bb_yEDsxkVCnVFpBRE8vByHkabLI3_NI2RTk8dXXoKcim5ZaUw

Read more of this blog post »

View more on Arthur Turfa's website »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on July 11, 2020 08:42

View all 921 posts »

Arthur is Currently Reading

Arthur is currently reading

The Broom of the System

by David Foster Wallace

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 26, 2025 06:00PM

Arthur is currently reading

Pastoral Liturgist: A Narrative

by Frank C. Senn

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 22, 2025 05:57PM

Arthur is currently reading

Girl With Curious Hair

by David Foster Wallace

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 21, 2025 05:38PM

rss
Arthur’s Recent Updates

Arthur rated a book it was amazing The King Over the Water by Alice Shield	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jan 05, 2026 02:24PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The King Over the Water by Alice Shield. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The King Over the Water by Alice Shield <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Arthur is currently reading The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 26, 2025 06:00PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Arthur is currently reading Pastoral Liturgist: A Narrative by Frank C. Senn	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 22, 2025 05:57PM · like
Arthur is currently reading Girl With Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 21, 2025 05:38PM · like
Arthur rated a book it was amazing Margaret Fuller: A New American Life by Megan Marshall	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dec 07, 2025 08:43PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Margaret Fuller by Megan Marshall. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Margaret Fuller by Megan Marshall <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Arthur is currently reading Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America by Sam Tanenhaus	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 08, 2025 01:01PM · 1 like · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Buckley by Sam Tanenhaus. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Buckley by Sam Tanenhaus <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Arthur rated a book it was amazing Confederates: A Novel by Thomas Keneally	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 04, 2025 06:09PM · like
Arthur finished reading Breakfast Wine: A Memoir of Chasing an Unconventional Life and Finding a Way Home by Alex Poppe (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 21, 2025 02:07PM · like
Arthur is currently reading Breakfast Wine: A Memoir of Chasing an Unconventional Life and Finding a Way Home by Alex Poppe (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 18, 2025 10:00AM · like
Arthur rated a book really liked it Beneath a Crescent Shadow (The Balkan Legends, #1) by A.L. Sowards (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 05, 2025 02:40PM · like

More of Arthur's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Judging Book Cove...: * WELCOME -- Say Hello :)	92	288	Apr 13, 2019 01:54AM

Arthur’s Quotes

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: music, philosophy, progress

5521 likes

recent posts
Arthur’s Groups

¡ POETRY ! — 22578 members — last activity Dec 24, 2025 01:37PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

Readers & Writers — 3681 members — last activity Jan 08, 2026 10:14PM
This is a place for Readers, Writers, Authors, Bloggers & Publishers to make connections, find new friends, ask for help and discover great new reads. ...more

The Poetry Spot — 610 members — last activity Nov 18, 2025 12:27PM
This group is for poets, published poets, and lovers of poetry. Do you have a published poetry book? Promote it here! Are you looking for reviews? Are ...more

Judging Book Covers - ALL. DAY. LONG. — 1208 members — last activity Aug 17, 2024 09:42AM
Yeah, we judge books by their covers - So What!

The Life of a Poet — 106 members — last activity Dec 18, 2023 03:29AM
This group is for having fun and writing poetry. It's for living through your experiences as a poet and others. So one can feel what they do. ...more

Indie Authors Monthly Magazine For Authors and Readers — 5547 members — last activity 8 hours, 15 min ago
This Is A Group for Readers,Writers and Reviewers of All Different Genres. Let US Take Your Book To New Heights! Our Goals Are To Help Promote Authors ...more

VF LIBRIS — 143 members — last activity Aug 21, 2021 08:24AM
www.vflibris.hr We are small Croatian publishing house. We started working 2017 with only 5 titles and this year we are planning to finish with 15 pu ...more

The Well in the Garden Poetry Group — 63 members — last activity Dec 18, 2023 06:29AM
The group is for sharing our poetry with each other. I encourage you to share any poetry you wish and I may occasionally issue a challenge but I warn ...more

Saving Lives with Poetry Contest — 61 members — last activity Jan 07, 2016 11:04AM
The theme for the upcoming Saving Lives with Poetry contest will be 'Culture, Unity & Humanity'. Poems that are not in correlation with the contest th ...more

ThunderClap For Authors — 368 members — last activity May 01, 2018 07:02AM
ThunderClap is a clever tool that promotes an online flash mob . A message is louder when you and your friends say it together. Through Facebook, Twit ...more

More of Arthur’s groups…

Arthur’s Friend Comments

Comments (showing 1-1) post a comment »

date

newest »

message 1: by Arthur

Apr 05, 2015 02:35PM

I am proud to announce the release of my first book of poetry, "Places and Times, by eLectio Publishing, on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. www.electiopublishing.com offers paperback and eletronic versions. Thanks!

reply | flag

Arthur Turfa’s Followers (161)

Arthur Turfa

Goodreads Author

Popular Answered Questions

rssArthur’s Recent Updates

See a Problem?

Preview — The King Over the Water by Alice Shield

See a Problem?

Preview — The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace

See a Problem?

Preview — Margaret Fuller by Megan Marshall

See a Problem?

Preview — Buckley by Sam Tanenhaus

Topics Mentioning This Author

rss
Arthur’s Recent Updates