A writer from NW Ohio contacted me recently to ask if I would consider reading his new novel. Dave Essinger teaches creative writing at the University of Findlay.

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University of Minnesota Extension Children are relieved to have a summer break from their classes. However, parents and teachers are often discouraged by the amount of learning children lose over ...

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The Authors Guild has set up an online portal for members to certify that their books “emanated from the human intellect” and not from artificial intelligence.

Hazel Nut loves to sing and dance in her polka-dot pants, but her family doesn’t seem to have the same interests or groove as her. That is, until Hazel Nut calls her grandmother and the two have a ...

Four public events will be held in advance of author Erica Bauermeister’s visit to Alliance to discuss “No Two Persons,” the 2025 One Book One Community selection. All of the programs leading up to ...

As someone with on-the-ground experience with USAID programs in Africa and Eastern Europe, I am appalled by the ...

McNeil has been tantalized by the lives of bees ever since she tended her first hives on her San Anselmo organic farm 40 ...