Oral Funk Poetry Productions will launch its fifth season of “The Signature: A Poetic Medley Show” at The Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main St., from 9 to 11 p.m. this Friday, April 20
I Was A White Knight…Once
The Memoir of Comedian, Nathan Timmel “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson With a creak of the mail slot and a muffled thump on the foyer floor, comedian Nathan Timmel’s memoir, I Was A White Knight…Once, unceremoniously arrived into my… (continue…)
Celebrate SWAN Day – Support Women Artists Now in Dayton
An international event for women artists is coming to Dayton as part of the celebration of Women’s History month.
Oscar-Worthy Books
Six of the nine Oscar nominated best films began their lives as novels. Considering the vast majority of movies don’t do their literary counterparts justice, it would be fascinating to see if the Oscar nominated books were as riveting as their films. The Descendants, a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings This debut novel regularly receives… (continue…)
Christmas Gifts for Readers
Certain toy shelves are empty and the mall parking lots are packed. But bookstore shelves are jammed with easy-to-wrap packages in any price range. Here is a short list of books for your Nice list: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Visually dazzling, this debut novel caused significant pre-print buzz. Garnering a six figure deal,… (continue…)
Martha Moody – Sometimes Mine
Martha Moody, a prominent fiction writer in the Dayton area, was kind enough to talk about her recent novel in depth over dinner. Sometimes Mine, which is now in paperback, is about Genie – a middle aged woman that finds love with a man that is anything but available. This touching love story is more… (continue…)
Biking In The House with Melissa Fay Greene (with a helmet, of course)
Melissa Fay Greene’s new novel has just hit shelves. The novel, No Biking in the House Without a Helmet, is something of a memoir, though Greene would hate to admit that because of her previous academia experience. But we don’t fault her at all for her use of the memoir simply because of the heartfelt… (continue…)
Dayton librarian’s whale of an art book scores big
Matt Kish presents “Moby-Dick In Pictures: One Drawing For Every Page” The legendary 19th-century novel Moby-Dick, or The Whale, is a story of obsession. No one, perhaps, understands that obsession quite so well as a Dayton librarian who spent 543 days creating an illustration for each of Moby-Dick’s pages – and now has the published… (continue…)
November Novel Writing
November is National Novel Writing Month. Put your leftover Halloween candy to use as midnight fuel for frantic writing sessions and gain an easy excuse out of an awkward family Thanksgiving dinner. In the month of November, a few hundred thousand aspiring novelist attempt to write 50,000 words in a single month. But it’s not… (continue…)
Books by the Banks
Readers and writers will appreciate the collection of literary minds at this year’s Books by the Banks event in Cincinnati. The free event is held in the Duke Energy Convention Center on Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 10 am to 4 pm. Both young and old will find a favorite author from the 100+ local… (continue…)
