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Adrienne Raphel’s obsession with words and wordplay started early. “I’ve always been a word game person ever since I was little,” she said in a phone interview. And she was competitive, too. Frustrated that she couldn’t beat her family at Boogle, she took what her family called a “quantum leap” forward with the help of an online version of the game. “I went from having to be handicapped to having to give the rest of my family a handicap in like two because I blitzed my way throu...

The Pugilist at Rest, but for three or four hours, as I lie on my bedroom floor absorbing the novel from cover to cover, I hardly move, while beneath my skin I seem to possess another self, thinner and freer, made of electricity and air, which sways as I turn the pages. I don’t feel like I’m dancing even when I’m dancing, so it takes a lot to make me feel like I’m dancing when I’m reading. At 22, I have developed the almost ritualistic habit of equating my favorite novels with my favo...

Community Content 2 Dale Ave., Gloucester -- 978-281-9763 -- http://sawyerfreelibrary.org. The Sawyer Free Library is now open for select onsite services, six days a week, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and Thursdays from noon to 7 p.m. Visitors should keep visits to 30 minutes or less. The library has implemented extensive preventative measures and controls to keep staff and patrons as safe as possible. All staff and visitors must wear masks, practice physical distancing and...

Of the thousands of short stories that are printed in magazines in this country each year, only a few are worthy of the dignity of being inserted between the hardcovers of a book. The story most worthy this year is one written by Thomas Mabry, resident of Stockbridge, who is currently teaching in the Writers’ Workshop at Iowa State University. Mr. Mabry considers himself only an “occasional writer” but the editors of Doubleday’s “Prize Stories of 1954” chose his sh...

The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning poet John Berryman spent the first ten years of his life in McAlester Oklahoma.

After the runaway success of Big Little Lies, it makes perfect sense that Nicole Kidman should bring the latest novel from Liane Moriarty to the small screen. The actress will produce and star in Nine Perfect Strangers, which follows a group of guests attempting to catch a breather at a dubious 10-day wellness retreat overseen by the elusive Masha (Kidman). Stranded in the middle of nowhere, checking out is not an option. The eight-part show marks Kidman’s latest collaboration with BLL and Th...

Luna Stage Announces Winter Classes West Orange-based professional theatre Luna Stage is now enrolling for virtual winter classes for youth and adults, including scene study, on-camera acting, voiceover, screenwriting, musical theatre, audition technique, playwriting, improv and more. All programs are pay-what-you-wish to support creativity in this time of pandemic, and taught by professional theatre artists. Space is limited, and classes start January 4. In addition to a full slate of after s...

PsychCentral Laura Yeager Laura Yeager has been writing for over 35 years. Some of her favorite topics include mental health, writing, religion, parenthood, dogs, and her day-to-day life. She is a mental health writer for PsychCentral.com. Her articles about writing have appeared in The Writer Magazine, The Toastmaster Magazine, writersweekly.com and authormagazine.org. Her spiritual writing has been featured in several venues including Aleteia USA, Busted Halo, The Liguorian Magazine, Canticle...