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University of Massachusetts PressFormer University of Arkansas journalism professor Rob Wells delves into the life and career of Kiplinger. The book, “The Insider: How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridges Washington and Wall Street,” delivers the story of a journalist who routinely had the ears of important leaders and was a visionary when it came to communicating with his readers. -
R.L. Stine/rlstine.comR.L. Stine’s readership stretches across generations and countries. His "Fear Street" and "Goosebumps" series sold an estimated 480 million copies in more than 35 languages. He will be at the Fayetteville Public Library Thursday night for this year’s True Lit Fest. Kyle Kellams reached him to talk about his notable endeavors before he launched his horror series.
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Molly Giles is a professor emerita at the University of Arkansas with a specialty in short story writing. In her latest story, she expanded to a novel, writing The Home for Unwed Husbands. Giles talks with Matthew Moore about her writing styles, what inspires her characters, and more. Giles will be reading from her novel at Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. -
In her new book "Hidden in Plain Sight," Rachel Stephens explores how depictions of African-American and enslaved people were idealized, stereotyped or altogether removed from early American art.
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Roland Smith is an accomplished writer, a former zookeeper, and the author of They Are Here!
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There are 133 national monuments in the United States. Some are man made, but many are protected natural areas like Bears Ears in Utah. Bears Ears was established by President Obama in 2016. A year later, President Trump ordered a review to reduce the amount of territory protected, though President Biden later restored the original boundaries. The tug of war over Bears Ears highlights what can be a confusing realm of protected lands. McKenzie Long writes about this This Contested Land: The Storied Past and Uncertain Future of America’s National Monuments.
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Journalist Zoë Rom got her start running on the backcountry trails in Fayetteville. Now, the writer and editor for Outside and champion ultra-runner, is putting her years of experience into a guide for how to be a "sustainable runner."
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The book, “The Black Telecaster: A CrossRoads Story,” is mostly set in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and examines friendship, addiction, reconciliation and aging.
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J.B Hogan is a writer, poet and historian. His next book collects essays he's written about people and events in Fayetteville and Washington County many people have forgotten or never even knew about.
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A new book features a collection of essays about the Ozarks' relation to the South, Southerner's relationship with fireworks, race relations in the Ozarks and much more.
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Sarah Neidhardt’s childhood sounds like something from a Laura Ingalls Wilder book. Her parents moved to the Ozarks in the 1970s as part of the back-to-the-land movement. The bohemian counterculture meets pioneer homemaking story sounds romantic, but Sarah’s memoir Twenty Acres paints a sober and compassionate telling of her unconventional life.
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Aisha Harris, a co-host of NPR's podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, further examines how pop culture can form and inform in her new book, Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me.
