Lawyer for New York Times discusses new memoir

Posted on March 16, 2019 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s been fashionable to joke about lawyers for decades now, and journalists have become popular targets as well in recent...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Nonfiction, NPR

NPR: "Follow This Thread" is both a title and an instruction

Posted on March 15, 2019 at 11:50 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We once worked with a woman who wisely spent the entire year gathering Christmas gifts for her loved ones, so...

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New book examines the gig economy and why it exists

Posted on March 14, 2019 at 10:50 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Perhaps your weekend plans involve using a rideshare, or your weekday plans include having an errand performed by someone else....

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Laurie Halse Anderson dishes on pastries, reading habits

Posted on March 14, 2019 at 9:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We were looking for appropriate literary quotes for Pi Day and discovered that Laurie Halse Anderson is on record as...

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Tagged As: Author interview, The New York Times, Young adult literature

Essay collection embraces Alabama's linguistic quirks

Posted on March 13, 2019 at 6:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our earlier post had some animosity towards Alabama (or at least one town in particular), so we’ll even things out...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Language, Nonfiction, NPR

Children's biography of NASA's Katherine Johnson is out

Posted on March 12, 2019 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another timely author interview: During the internet’s thirtieth birthday month, NPR hosted the illustrator of a new kids' book about...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Children's literature, Diversity, NPR, Women in literature

"The Moon Within" hopes to counter shame about menstruation

Posted on March 11, 2019 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

At first, we thought of introducing Aida Salazar’s coming-of-age story as appropriate for Women’s History Month. But as the author...

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Author Q&A: Wayne Clark

Posted on March 11, 2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Historical fiction author Wayne Clark's photo and website URL.

When retired journalist Wayne Clark took the pressure off himself, he was delighted at the fiction that began to emerge almost without a deliberate effort.

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Tagged As: Author interview, Historical fiction

We're all flower children, but are we orchids or dandelions?

Posted on March 10, 2019 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The comparison of kids to weeds continues, with a new book from an emeritus professor of pediatrics and psychiatry. Dr....

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Writer: Residents don't simply get used to violence

Posted on March 9, 2019 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

From the outside, one might imagine that residents of violent neighborhoods are just accustomed to the injuries and deaths. That...

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