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Book cover of "Seasoned Women" by Cathy Hollister. Poet Cathy Hollister celebrates the wisdom that springs from aging and shares her philosophy in her latest book of poetry.
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‘Seasoned Women’

From the new poetry collection by Cathy Hollister

November 29, 2022
'Becoming Thelma Lou' book cover
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‘Becoming Thelma Lou’

Posthumous book from Betty Lynn

November 14, 2022
Cover image: Robert W. Norris wrote a moving tribute to his mother: “The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise: Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me.”
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‘Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me’

Preface from ‘The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise’ by Robert W. Norris

By Robert W. Norris | October 31, 2022
The sign marking the location of the old Freetown community, which will be the site of the new historic marker and part of the Edna Lewis Menu Trail.
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The Edna Lewis Menu Trail

Orange County, Virginia, honors the Southern cooking legend

By Annie Tobey | October 27, 2022
book cover of "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkah. For a list of recommended LGBTQ+ books for your reading list
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LGBTQ+ Books for Your Reading List

For comfort, insight, empathy, and enjoyment

By Lucy Sanders | October 21, 2022
Hot Honey S'mores Brownies from the "Hot Honey Cookbook" by Ames Russell of AR's Hot Honey
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‘Hot Honey Cookbook’ Presents Hot New Recipes

‘60 Recipes to Infuse Sweet Heat into Your Favorite Foods’

By Annie Tobey | August 29, 2022
woman looking out of window Luna4 Dreamstime. In an excerpt from “The Kitchen Is Closed: And Other Benefits of Being Old,” Sandra Butler reflects upon what has changed, inside and out.
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‘Keeping Up’

As life changes, so do our desires

By Sandra Butler | August 24, 2022
Book cover: Journalist Paula C. Squires shares the backstory of her new book, "A Different Kind of Courage: One Man’s Story of Triumph Over Paralysis."
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“A Different Kind of Courage”

An inspirational new book about one man’s triumph over paralysis

By Paula C. Squires | August 23, 2022
Author of the new Beatles book, Laurie Jacobson, surrounded by some of her Beatles memorablia - photo credit Jon Provost
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A New Beatles Book: ‘Top of the Mountain’

Laurie Jacobson compiles a new Beatles book, with a little help from her friends

August 1, 2022
old comic books photo by Joseph Perone Dreamstime. Writer Julia Nunnally Duncan fondly recalls a youthful pastime: “On warm days I would climb into the bed of the [Studebaker pickup] truck and surround myself with model horses and my comic books.” She notes stories and favorites among those classic comics, her companions for years.
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My Comic Books

Memories from long ago

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | June 27, 2022

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