By Robert Laurence … Or a reader who writes. Take your pick. Padma Viswanathan, who lives with her extended family in Fayetteville and who teaches at the University of Arkansas, is both. And thinks you have to be both, or at least her students have to be, as she leads undergraduates who want to be…
By Terrah Baker Tommy Culpepper of Bentonville had a trying year in 2010 — a divorce, a new city, a new job — but hitting the open mic. nights throughout Fayetteville helped him get through. “I was doing so many open mic.’s, on the way home from one I almost ran into an 18-wheeler because…
By Robert Laurence They have a reputation to uphold. Thirty years of publication, on-time and never missed. Multiple recognitions of national excellence by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Front cover to back, a publication to take pride in. “They” are the editors and writers, the artists and production designers of Connotations, the award-winning literary magazine…
By Roger Barrett If you’ve been to a poetry reading at Nightbird Books, or bought a book of poetry at the Dickson Street Bookshop then you’ve probably met Matthew Henriksen. Matt and Katy Henriksen started the Burning Chair Readings to bring touring poets to Fayetteville. Their readings have also presented readings from UA Fayetteville and…
By Terrah Baker Jane Kang looks like your average girl, despite her shaved head. She talks like a girl. She even dresses like a girl. But what does that mean, really? More than likely the description just offered created a preconceived notion of what Kang looks, talks and dresses like, when really no description was…
Must-Have Books To Bring Out The Greenness In Everyone. Brought to you by Nightbird Books on Dickson in Fayetteville. All Natural by Nathanael Johnson — The title says it all: A Skeptic’s Quest to Discover If the Natural Approach to Diet, Childbirth, Healing and the Environment Really Keeps Us Healthier and Happier. http://www.nightbirdbooks.com/book/9781605290744 Sharing The…
By Terrah Baker There’s a side of our brain that we neglect, said Jo Ann Kaminsky, executive director of The Art Experience in Fayetteville that is celebrating 20 years of service. That’s the side she tries to reach in her counseling sessions, where she uses art and creativity as a means of helping clients delve…
By Robert Laurence Sandra G. Ostrander calls her younger self a “cookie whore,” growing up and doing battle with childhood crisis and teenage adventure in Memphis during the 1950s and 1960s. She has collected her stories and memories of those days into a memoir of a young girl which is, like childhood itself, both chilling…
1Staff Report One local writer has too much personality for one name. That’s why, Tom Gnagey chooses to write under half a dozen pen names, with different genres attributed to each. With more than 70 novels and nonfiction books, along with hundres of stories to his credit, he is one of Northwest Arkansas’ most prolific…
By Brandon Weston Third Installment Later that evening, after Reginald retired to the library in his smoking jacket and Lord Henry to his private chambers with a bottle of cognac, Amelia wandered those lonely halls, lit only by a few dusty oil lamps, thinking over the events that had transpired earlier in the conservatory. Ghosts…