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Monster House Press: A Nontraditional Publisher
Monster House Press (MHP) has been self-described by founder Richard Wehrenberg as an “amorphous mass.”
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Artist Karen Holtzclaw: Bright Works Reveal Dark Themes
Wielding vibrant oil paints, artist Karen Holtzclaw conjures creatures who have a lot to tell us about the state of our world. Her newest…
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Scott Sanders’ Children’s Books Encourage Kids to Go Outdoors
IU Press has just reprinted two children’s books with a simple plot: families go for a walk.
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Munich Dunkel: Don’t Fear the Dark
Each autumn, everyone who loves beer seems to turn German, celebrating Oktoberfest and drinking its namesake beer. While that style is certainly laudable, another…
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Emily Herr: Canine Therapist
This past summer, if you paid a visit to Bloomington Animal Care and Control, chances are you would find Zeus, a 1-year-old white pit…
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Grey Larsen Folk Artist
For 25 years, Grey Larsen, an accomplished player of the Irish flute and tin whistle, was music editor of Sing Out!, the folk music…
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Voices of Recovery: Eight Inspiring Stories of Life After Addiction (COVER STORY)
Part eight of our eight-part composite—Kevin Bruce: “His exposure to addictive substances growing up was somewhat typical—pilfered cigarettes and alcohol as a young teen,…
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Dalia Rosenfeld Returns Home To Promote Her First Book
To most Americans, to be a Hoosier is synonymous with unromantic, flyover-country ordinariness. In writer Dalia Rosenfeld’s adopted home of Tel Aviv, Israel, it…