New book: High heels aren't just a fashion accessory

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 02:15 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Love them or loathe them, the idea of high heels evoke some sort of emotion in most women, and just about everyone has s...

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"The New Me" is both light and dark workplace reading

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 06:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If the word “adulting” makes you cringe, then Halle Butler’s The New Me may not be the right novel for...

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Author Q&A: Gregory Ashe

Posted on 03/21/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Remember turning twenty-five? You probably wondered where your youth had gone (oh, how you now laugh at that thought) an...

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti's thoughts as he approaches 100 years old

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Few of us achieve fame, and few of us live to be one hundred years old. This Sunday, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti will be...

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"Life And Death In Rikers Island" is a terrifying read

Posted on 03/23/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dr. Homer Venters’s interview about his new book with Fresh Air is not an easy read. But then again, the subject o...

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Author Q&A: Jeffrey K. Walker

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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With a resume like Jeffrey K. Walker’s, you can’t blame the guy for taking a year off and just writing. He&r...

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How Laurie Halse Anderson processes rape victims' stories

Posted on 03/19/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Since publishing Speak, the young-adult novel that addressed rape head-on, author Laurie Halse Anderson has heard from c...

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Lindy West on writing a memoir and adapting it for TV

Posted on 03/18/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you binged on the new Hulu show Shrill this weekend, you’ll want to check out Ari Shapiro’s interview wit...

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

Posted on 03/15/2019 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 that she c...

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New memoir follows priest-turned-professor's faith journey

Posted on 03/17/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There’s nothing quite like hands-on experience to reinforce a lesson or a skill. And Barbara Brown Taylor says tha...

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