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In The Thing Around Your Neck… Adichie turns her penetrating eye on not only Nigeria but also America, in twelve dazzling stories that...

Let’s celebrate Black children’s book authors and artists! Bring any book written and/or illustrated by a Black author. We will meet on...

Tess Taylor of NPR describes Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude: “Gay’s poems burst forth in leggy, unexpected ways, zooming in on...

“In an essay on race and memory, Toni Morrison wrote of ‘the stress of remembering, its inevitability, [but] the chances for liberation...

Food for Thought! We missed everyone during our usual summer break. Let’s get the convo re-started with Zadie Smith’s The Autograph Man,...

Last round, we enjoyed a series of books surrounding the theme of humankind in the natural world. As usual, we take the summer off and...

The last selection in our series on humankind and the nature world is Bringing Nature Home by Douglas H. Tallamy. This is a fantastic...

We picked this book out half a year ago for our series on humankind in the natural world; who knew it would be so relevant? The Hidden...

Would you like some gentle feedback on new work you’ve written? Bring 12 copies (one poem or excerpt of prose, 2000 words max.). to the...

You can find copies of the book at the Mahoning and Trumbull County libraries, YSU Maag Library via OhioLink and the YSU Barnes & Noble....

You can find copies at the Mahoning and Trumbull County libraries, YSU Maag Library via OhioLink and the YSU Barnes & Noble. Food for...

New York Times reviewer Dwight Garner writes of Bass’s collection, “He is a keen and relentless observer of woods and prairies and beasts...

Author Tamiko Beyer writes in the Georgia Review of Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Oceanic, “The poet reminds her readers that as human beings...

This round of titles, we’ll be immersed in a theme of humankind and the natural world. The Overstory Food for Thought book discussion...

After a summer hiatus, Food for Thought book discussion will start up in September with a series on being in the natural world. Each...

Cokie Roberts spoke to a packed house at Stambaugh Auditorium last year, and we have You can find copies of the book at the Mahoning and...

Scott Simon was a recent speaker at St. John’s Episcopal Church, and we have selected his You can find copies of the book at the Mahoning...

Kelly Link was a recent visiting writer at YSU, and we have selected her book as part of You can find copies of the book at the Mahoning...

Austin Channing Brown recently spoke at St. John’s Episcopal Church, so we have selected her book as part I’m Still Here: Black Dignity...

Many of you joined our Food for Thought discussion of Citizen: An American Lyric last year, part of our series on the American...