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Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass12.03.258 min read
Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar disorder.
Health, Art & Culture Curated
Explore the intersection where health and art intertwine, enriching lives beautifully
Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass12.03.258 min read
Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar disorder.

Health, Art & Culture Curated

Explore the intersection where health and art intertwine, enriching lives beautifully
Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass12.03.258 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror…

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy,…

How to Write the Great American Indian Novel by Sherman Alexie

How to Write the Great American Indian Novel by Sherman Alexie

Felice Aull11.03.25

Sherman Alexie’s ironic poem deconstructs stereotypes of Indigenous…

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Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy GlassDec 3, 20258 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell TeagardenNov 24, 20257 min read

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

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Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy GlassDec 3, 2025

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Nov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal…

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Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy GlassDec 3, 2025

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three…

Post Grid #7

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy GlassDec 3, 2025

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell TeagardenNov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal…

Post Module #1

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted poems that illuminate loss and resilience.

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman Nov 10, 2025

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly means to be human.

Post Module #1

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted poems that illuminate loss and resilience.

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman Nov 10, 2025

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly means to be human.

Post Module #2

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal…

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman Nov 10, 2025

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what…

Post Module #2

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal…

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman Nov 10, 2025

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what…

Post Module #2

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal…

Post Module #2

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal…

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman Nov 10, 2025

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what…

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar disorder.

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025 6 min read

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight than either alone.

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025 3 min read

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted poems that illuminate loss and resilience.

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025 7 min read

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman Nov 10, 2025 6 min read

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly means to be human.

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass Dec 3, 2025 8 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar disorder.

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden Dec 3, 2025 6 min read

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight than either alone.

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis Dec 1, 2025 3 min read

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted poems that illuminate loss and resilience.

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden Nov 24, 2025 7 min read

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman Nov 10, 2025 6 min read

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly means to be human.

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass12.03.258 min read

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey…

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell Teagarden12.03.256 min read

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global…

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis12.01.253 min read

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted…

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell Teagarden11.24.257 min read

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI…

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman11.10.256 min read

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly…

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Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass 1505

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar disorder.

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight than either alone.

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted poems that illuminate loss and resilience.

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly means to be human.

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy Glass3 Dec 2025

Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar disorder.

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight than either alone.

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney Davis1 Dec 2025

This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted poems that illuminate loss and resilience.

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard Trachtman10 Nov 2025

A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly means to be human.

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Julie Ridge : Bipolar & The English Channel 

Guy GlassDec 3, 20258 min read
Julie Ridge’s one-woman show Bipolar & The English Channel explores her journey as a record-breaking swimmer and living with bipolar disorder.
When the Literary Adds to the Historical

When the Literary Adds to the Historical

Russell TeagardenDec 3, 20256 min read
The 1918 flu pandemic’s history and literature together reveal its vast global impact and intimate human suffering, offering fuller insight than either alone.
Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Mandatory Evacuation Zone by Felice Aull

Cortney DavisDec 1, 20253 min read
This collection traces memory, language, grief, and healing through sixty-three finely crafted poems that illuminate loss and resilience.
Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Shannon Vallor’s The AI Mirror: A Metaphor

Russell TeagardenNov 24, 20257 min read
Shannon Vallor uses the metaphor of a mirror to reveal how AI reflects and distorts our shared humanity.
Speak by Louisa Hall 

Speak by Louisa Hall 

Howard TrachtmanNov 10, 20256 min read
A haunting, multi-voiced novel exploring artificial intelligence, empathy, and what it truly means to be human.
Stuck By Heidi J. Larson 

Stuck By Heidi J. Larson 

Jack CoulehanNov 3, 20252 min read
Heidi J. Larson explores the cultural, moral, and social roots of vaccine hesitancy before the Covid pandemic.
The End of Days by Bernard MacLaverty 

The End of Days by Bernard MacLaverty 

Tony MiksanekNov 3, 20252 min read
In war-torn Vienna, 1918, artist Egon Schiele faces love, loss, and mortality as the Spanish flu devastates his family.
How to Write the Great American Indian Novel by Sherman Alexie

How to Write the Great American Indian Novel by Sherman Alexie

Felice AullNov 3, 20252 min read
Sherman Alexie’s ironic poem deconstructs stereotypes of Indigenous people, exposing cultural exploitation, identity loss, and survival within white American society.
The Great Influenza by John Barry 

The Great Influenza by John Barry 

Steven FieldNov 3, 20256 min read
John Barry’s The Great Influenza vividly recounts the 1918 pandemic’s medical, social, and political upheavals with novelistic precision.
Vaccination in Danger

Vaccination in Danger

Stanley PlotkinOct 27, 20254 min read
Vaccine pioneer Stanley Plotkin reflects on the growing opposition to vaccination despite its proven, lifesaving impact worldwide.
Case History by Dannie Abse

Case History by Dannie Abse

Felice AullOct 22, 20253 min read
This poem confronts prejudice, hate, and moral conflict, depicting a doctor treating a bigoted patient with professional duty despite deep offense.
Tell Her Everything by Mirza Waheed

Tell Her Everything by Mirza Waheed

Tony MiksanekOct 20, 20253 min read
A haunting novel about guilt, memory, and morality, exploring how ambition corrodes empathy and human connection.
Interior by Edgar Dégas  

Interior by Edgar Dégas  

Felice AullOct 9, 20252 min read
Dégas’ intimate scene explores light, perspective, and ambiguous human tension in a dimly lit, emotionally charged room.
A Tired Woman with Two Children by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

A Tired Woman with Two Children by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Felice AullOct 7, 20251 min read
Two paintings by Jean-Baptiste Greuze capture weary domesticity and maternal intimacy.
Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya

Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya

Guy GlassSep 30, 20254 min read
Blending memoir and criticism, Sarah Chihaya’s Bibliophobia explores depression, identity, and the perilous yet healing power of books.
The Names by Florence Knapp and Flashlight by Susan Choi 

The Names by Florence Knapp and Flashlight by Susan Choi 

Howard TrachtmanSep 22, 20258 min read
Sudden life-altering events shape human experience; The Names and Flashlight explore divergent consequences through contrasting narrative styles.
Imagining Phantom Limb Pain

Imagining Phantom Limb Pain

Russell TeagardenSep 20, 20255 min read
The “fragmentary novel” Flights, offers literary descriptions of phantom limb pain by imagining what a known amputee from the past may have gone through.
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

Steven FieldSep 18, 20255 min read
A lyrical World War I tale blending medicine, love, and ethics, The Winter Soldier immerses readers in history and humanity.
Every Last Breath by Joanne Jacobson 

Every Last Breath by Joanne Jacobson 

Carol SchillingSep 16, 20254 min read
The book’s profound and startling reflections on mortality are lyrical, fierce, and deeply felt.
From Tigers to Otaku

From Tigers to Otaku

Dave HsuSep 16, 202513 min read
Parenting in Chinese Canadian immigrant families carries both triumphs and struggles, shaping children into overachievers—or isolating, withdrawn adolescents.
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