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My 92-year-old mom's politically engaged, widely read, a clothes horse and a quick draw with a cocktail shaker. Here's how ...
"It was always my dream to open a bookstore that amplified Black stories, and that's what I was able to do," said Verlean ...
That day, Aug. 23, 1987, Selonia Reed's body was found inside her car outside a Hammond convenience store. She had been raped and beaten; the autopsy revealed cause of death to be four puncture wounds ...
“Primarily this book is about fulfilling my promise to my mother,” she says, but writing about these topics was “irresistible.” “I have to do this. It’s just always in my head, always. I dream about ...
Exposing kids to mother tongue books and games from a young age is crucial for their language development, says Mr Sounthirarajan, a father of two boys aged nine and 13. “My wife and I made the ...
Scudder’s book, Mother, Creature, Kin: What We Learn From Nature’s Mothers in a Time of Unraveling. My day-to-day parenting ...
A dynamic mother-daughter duo works together to bring the joy of books to Chicago's South Side and beyond. "It was always my dream to open a bookstore that amplified Black stories, and that's what ...
The daughter of two-time Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks, E.A. Hanks, or Elizabeth Ann Hanks, wrote her first book that explores the mysteries of her mother, Susan Dillingham's past.
Joy Harjo, the first Native American Poet Laureate in the U.S., is releasing two illustrative books this month, centered ...
Like many in America, Todd Martens grew up with parents who devoted the bulk of their vacation time to Disney's theme parks. He now understands them as places to make sense of the world rather than to ...
She became a mom at 21, and her adult life has been focused on raising four sons. Her goal for the road trip was to enjoy ...