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A safe ‘simcha’: Finding joy in a pandemic Purim feature A safe ‘simcha’: Finding joy in a pandemic Purim “You know what most of the kids want to be there this year? Superheroes: Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman. And you know why? Because superheroes prove that one person can change everything, one person can fix the world. That is something we all need to believe now.” OUR SOURCES “There really is a lot we can do with the kids here at home. And for connection with our community, we now have Zoom and other online technologies to enable us to be together.”

Graham Sleight (2015) by Francesca Myman Publishing lead-times being what they are, the extraordinary events of 2020 largely weren’t reflected in the books that came out in the year – or at least, not intentionally. I managed to read a good deal of thought-provoking SF and fantasy this year, but some books seemed even more relevant than expected because of the pandemic-shuttered world they emerged into. How posterity will view them – let alone how it’ll view the books that’ll doubtless follow about COVID itself – is a question for another day. Samit Basu’s Chosen Spirits (Simon...

Snow Angels: Jeff Lemire to Introduce the World in Prose Short Story When Snow Angels launches next week, two of the most acclaimed creators of our time — writer/artist Jeff Lemire and artist Jock — will team up for the first time, bringing a new, 10-issue limited series event together. The series, from the writer of Black Hammer and Wytches and Batman, will be an epic science fiction adventure story, set in a brutal near-future where the world is covered in ice. And to celebrate the release, Amazon Original Stories, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, will simultaneously release a short...

SEAN BARRON Heather Moran, a 19-year Boardman High School teacher, left, holds a copy of a book she recently had published. Moran said she assembled a collection of science-themed stories and anecdotes to break down the complicated subject. Next to her is Savannah White, a Boardman High senior who was selected to design the book’s graphics. BOARDMAN — If you are a high school student studying online and find yourself scratching your head when you come across esoteric terms such as “karyotype” or “carotenoids,” you’re probably in good company. The same might be true for an...

In the suspenseful "Bloodline," by Jess Lourey, a family's embrace of its newest member comes at a price.