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Book Notes – May 2022

Jeff McGinnis

Beauty shining like the Sun Inspired by the story of a real-life Persian princess, Anita Amirrrezvani’s acclaimed novel Equal of the Sun tells of a...

Good Choices Create Compelling Rift: Toledo woven throughout Nathan Elias’ first novel

Julie Pompa

Can a futuristic story drawing from the lifestyle and allure of its Southern California setting have a “419” vibe? It turns out that yes,...

Gathering Volumes: A Bookstore For Everyone Denise Phillips goes from IT to independent bookstore owner, and thrives during the pandemic

Callie Feyen

From IT to Books Denise Phillips had no interest in owning and running an independent bookstore. However, after moving from Chicago to Ohio, she wanted...

Book Notes – April 2022

Jeff McGinnis

Exotic reading at Transformations Expand your literary horizons at the Exotic Authors Picnic, Saturday, April 16 at Transformations Natural Hair Salon. A variety of authors will display their...

A Poetic Outlook

Curtis Deeter

Jonie McIntire, the author of chapbooks Semidomesticated (Red Flag Poetry, 2021), Beyond the Sidewalk (Nightballet Press, 2017) and Not All Who Are Lost Wander...

My Wife is a Superhero

Jennifer Kellow-Fiorini

Lots of guys should say, “my wife is a superhero,” but Ryan Drost put ink to paper and created a superhero character worthy of...

Ode to the ZIP Code!

Digital Media

NOTE: The deadline for entry has passed! Want to write an ode to your ZIP Code? For the seventh year in a row, Adams Street Publishing...

A Living Legacy: Kenneth Spruce’s “I Apologize: A Black Man’s Plea for Forgiveness”

Ashley Hill

Throughout his lifetime Kenneth Spruce has been a City of Toledo official, Associate Professor of Political Science, Baptist Deacon, political activist, student government leader, author and CEO/founder of his own agency.

CITY PAGES: Toledoan’s Life of Deception Profiled in New Book

Julie Pompa

Cassie Chadwick was a woman way ahead of her time in the 1880s. Intelligent, clever and possessing an uncanny understanding of human nature, Chadwick...

BOOK NOTES – January 2022

Jeff McGinnis

Local author hopes to Tangle young readers Area native and Springfield teacher Merrill Wyatt recently released her second book aimed at pre-teens, titled “Tangled Up...

Living Poetry: Local author publishes first novel

Lila Waterfield

Full of hardships, poverty, drugs, profanity and hope, Dan Denton’s first published novel deserves to be classified as “living poetry," as described in the...

December BOOK NOTES

Digital Media

The impossible must be possible Agatha Christie is the best-selling mystery author of all time, and “Murder on the Orient Express,” perhaps her most...

100 Things to Do in Toledo Before You Die

Lila Waterfield

Maybe you’ve lived in Toledo a long time, and you think you’ve been everywhere and seen everything in the area. Maybe you’re a newbie...

Book Notes – November 2021

Jeff McGinnis

Back to Mackinac A pair of first-time novelists separated by more than 8,000 miles have collaborated on a new book that tells a story about...

Book Notes – October 2021

Jeff McGinnis

The Right stuff Toledo author Michael Zermer inspires readers to learn and grow through yoga in “Your Other Right: Thoughts on Living a Successful and...

Not in Vain: Real life stories from Moms on losing a child to drug addiction

Curtis Deeter

According to statistics from the Center for Disease Control, almost 850,000 people have died due to a drug overdose since 1999. And overdose deaths...

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