New look at God's work
By Andy Mead amead@herald-leader.com
When the Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland 40 years ago, it made a lasting impression on a young boy named Tom Barnes.
Tom Eblen: Kentucky loves a story
by tom eblen teblen@herald-leader.com
Kentucky doesn't just produce writers; it celebrates them. The biggest annual celebration is Saturday, when about 200 writers — 150 of whom are Kentuckians — will gather at the Frankfort Convention Center for the 28th annual Kentucky Book Fair.
Writers use old and new to publish book
By Merlene Davis Herald-Leader columnist
A speaker at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference in 1997 said the chances of a member of that audience having her work published by a New York publishing company was just about nil.
Australian novel links 2 damaged lives
Reviewed by Pamela Miller Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
After the Fire, a Still Small Voice is a gritty novel, full of ticks, lizards, sharks, dusty characters, hot weather, bloody events and muddy circumstances.
Waitressing keeps them young, many say
By Beverly Fortune bfortune@herald-leader.com
A few years ago, when Bridget Fields turned 62, she got it in her head that she wanted to retire as a waitress at the Bob Evans restaurant on Richmond Road.
Ghost tales with Kentucky accents
Reviewed by Heather Chapman hchapman@herald-leader.com
With Halloween less than two weeks away, three new books are on the shelves to help you get in the spirit — Kentucky style.
'Eli the Good' is a snapshot of childhood as it used to be
By Jacalyn Carfagno Herald-Leader Staff Writer
Eli the Good will strike familiar notes for anyone who knew rural life in this part of the country a few decades back.
If timing is everything, book can help
By Kathy Van Mullekom Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Best time to kill dandelions? Fall — because they are in a growth cycle that makes them more vulnerable to weed killers. Apply the herbicide in the morning to allow sun to help the weed killer soak into the plant tissue more effectively.
Kentucky native creates Roman tragedy in her home state
By Josh Kegley jkegley@herald-leader.com
This fall, Kentucky native Holly Goddard Jones is reintroducing readers to the Roman tragedy, albeit a localized, modernized and humanized version of the centuries-old genre.
Poetry in the spotlight
Merlene Davis Herald-Leader columnist
As only the fourth poet to read during a presidential inauguration, Elizabeth Alexander carried the hopes of many poets on her shoulders as she rose to the lectern on Jan. 20, 2009.
Author helps kids get their hands dirty
By Andy Mead amead@herald-leader.com
When Karen Angelucci was growing up in Cynthiana, her parents let her "rip and run" through the countryside.
Kindle-like feature added to Sony devices
By Peter Svensson Associated Press
NEW YORK — Sony Corp. plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books, injecting more competition in a small but fast-growing market by adopting a key feature of the rival Kindle from Amazon.com.
Fashionable look at Avedon
By Maggie Galehouse Houston Chronicle
For more than half a century, photographer Richard Avedon built visual masterpieces around couture.
E-books may tame textbook sticker shock
By Jeannie Kever Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON — Nicole Sopko, a student at the University of Houston, offers some advice to college students shopping for textbooks in the coming weeks: Try to borrow from your friends.
Derby winning breeder tells a tale of horsemen gone wrong
By Linda B. Blackford lblackford@herald-leader.com
In a way, maybe it all happened too quickly. There was Jim Squires, robust, rambunctious editor with his golden parachute from the Chicago Tribune and a nerve born of steering large newspapers and a presidential campaign. In the mid-1990s, he buys some broodmares, good ones, not great ones, given that the golden parachute is from a newspaper company rather than Goldman Sachs. One day, just a few years later, a grey colt is born and that grey colt, Monarchos, wins the 2001 Kentucky Derby.
