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• Emergent Verse | An Introduction

  By YS News StaffMarch 21, 2022

  

  As I walked in Glen Helen pondering the first installment of this reincarnated poetry column, the phrase “emergent verse” came to me and I realized I’d found its title.

• ‘Navigating the Pandemic: Stories of Hope and Resilience’

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 3, 2022

  

  The collaborative book features contributions from over 30 writers, including local Cathy Roma, who explore the wide range of feelings engendered by the pandemic.

• Book Review | ‘One More Day’ a joyful celebration of life

  By Guest ContributorDecember 20, 2021

  

  This is a novel for everyone wanting to understand aging in this era of increasing life span as well as increasing health challenges.

• Kuder, Wexler’s genre-defying books

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 10, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs authors Rebecca Kuder and Robert Wexler, who are partners, released new books this fall: Kuder’s debut novel, “The Eight Mile Suspended Carnival,” from What Books Press; and Wexler’s short story collection, “Undiscovered Territories,” from PS Publishing.

• Ten years of Winter Solstice Poetry Readings

  By Reilly DixonDecember 8, 2021

  

  Now in its 10th year, the Winter Solstice Poetry Reading’s theme is “Sacred Ground,” which, according to organizer and local poet Ed Davis, is an homage to the event’s longtime and rightful home: Glen Helen.

• Chiddister debut novel looks at aging and forgiveness

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 5, 2021

  

  Writer and former Yellow Springs News editor Diane Chiddister’s novel on aging and death, “One More Day,” was released earlier this month through Boyle & Dalton Publishing. The novel is available at Epic Books and Dark Star Books and Comics in Yellow Springs.

• New bookmobile revs into action

  By YS News StaffOctober 9, 2021

  

  Back in August, booklovers from around the county gathered at the Fairborn Community Library to help dedicate the Greene County Public Library system’s latest asset: its brand new bookmobile.

• Review | Queer poems as Midwest field guide

  By Reilly DixonJune 3, 2021

  

  Sometimes pastoral, sometimes confessional, “evening primroses” roots out what it means to move through a changing landscape as a changing self.

• First Lines — Many human hearts

  By Audrey HackettDecember 28, 2020

  

  “Completing the harvest” of two years of poetry columns in the News, a final column of thanks to poets and readers. Eighteen local and regional poets have appeared in this space.

• Winter Solstice Poetry Reading— ‘Magics and songs’ offer healing gifts

  By Audrey HackettDecember 8, 2020

  

  The season’s first snowfall came ahead of Tecumseh Land Trust’s annual Winter Solstice Poetry Reading, to be held this year on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.