Growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, TikTok influencer James never learned how to read. The economically insecure child of a single Black mother, he attended schools where “teachers never taught.” He also grew up with OCD, ADHD, anxiety, and dyslexia, all of which made school challenging. Despite his lack of literacy, James graduated from high school […]
Local television news reporter Delilah Stewart is beloved in Baltimore for her sunny personality whether she’s delivering the forecast or doing a feature at the aquarium while wearing a turtle costume. Radio weather and traffic reporter Jackson Clark is not so keen on her; she’s silly and chaotic (and always does a terrible parking job […]
Burkham, professor of human geography at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and a self-described “Midwesterner by birth and disposition,” makes the case for immigration as a way to stave off the impacts of population decline in the Midwest. Outmigration, lower fertility rates, an aging baby boom cohort, and low rates of immigration have led to “demographic winter”—where […]
This exploration of Canada’s health network is also part leadership manual, blending the personal reflections of the author with stories of his hands-on expertise. Those stories are taken from Rosenberg’s decades in medical practice, study, and executive positions. The book opens with the author’s career at a crossroads when he was let go as CEO […]
Rachel Del Rio describes herself as “42, childless and single,” and while her comedy career is thriving and her lesbian best friend, Scout McDonough, is supportive, she’s insecure about her personal life. She’s reluctant to attend her 20th college reunion—everyone “who isn’t gay or a crackpot is married with kids.” Rachel finds an unsigned love […]
Margo and Matilda, the Halifax twins, have been turning heads and causing whispers since the day they debuted. There’s not a man in London who wouldn’t recognize their red hair, and Margo has enjoyed the company of several, but the twins are too notorious for anyone to court them conventionally. Margo starts to think they […]
Sloane, whose books include The Women in the Room: Labour’s Forgotten History (2018), continues to shine a light on the overlooked contributions of female politicians in her latest biography. Margaret Bondfield (1873-1953) led an extraordinary life. At age 16, after working in a London drapery store, she went undercover to report on the appalling conditions […]
Her firstborn daughter, Onyesonwu, a powerful witch—introduced in Who Fears Death (2010)—transformed the world and left it, while Najeeba herself has become more dangerous and powerful—the kponyungo, sorcerer of fire, wind, and dust. Her mission, to find and kill the awful spirit that terrorized her father’s family, remains unfinished. But where to begin? First, birth […]
In 1910, a year of Halley’s Comet, fire breaks out at the Earthshine Soap factory, killing seven women. In 1986, another year of the comet, 40-year-old Nona Dixon, first hired as a 7-year-old to represent Earthshine in its marketing, is acting in a soap opera sponsored by the company. Childless and facing divorce, Nona lives […]
Scout Porter has vowed to never let love distract her from work, but she never said anything about lust. As the head engineer for BuzzCorp, a sex-toy manufacturer, there’s not much that can make Scout blush—that is, until Hudson Bailey comes along. He’s BuzzCorp’s handsome new contracted software engineer, which means that Scout has to […]