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Overcoming an Accident to Become a Sci-Fi Writer

By Ginny Lewis|2019-06-18T14:12:41-04:00June 18th, 2019|Buzzworthy|

Living life with a disability is never easy, and Nnedi Okorafor paints an incredible picture of how difficult her life [...]

Tall Poppy Review: Freelance-a-Lot with Dr. Pryal

By Camille Pagan|2019-06-18T11:53:52-04:00June 13th, 2019|Nonfiction|

Many people eschew the label “freelancer,” believing it projects the image of a low-level worker typing away in their parents’ [...]

Lace Up, Ladies: How to Turn Fitness into a Lifestyle

By Isabelle DiEdwards|2019-06-17T14:31:40-04:00June 11th, 2019|Nonfiction|

As an athlete, the daily challenge of staying motivated can become redundant and lonely. When I wake up I can [...]

CEO Bobby Herrera on Going Off the Beaten Path

By Jennifer Blankfein|2019-06-10T11:28:11-04:00June 10th, 2019|Nonfiction|

CEO of Populus Group, Bobby Herrera has had his struggles. Growing up in a Mexican migrant worker family, he was [...]

The Dalai Lama Weighs in on “Our Human Potential”

By Ginny Lewis|2019-05-31T16:09:09-04:00May 24th, 2019|Save the World|

Buddhism began somewhere between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE and has since become one of the most popular religions. Amassing [...]

Howard Stern: Interviews That Define Pop Culture

By Jim Alkon|2019-06-04T10:10:30-04:00May 22nd, 2019|Pop Culture|

One of my proudest moments in marketing was when I got my company 20 minutes of free airtime on The [...]

Did Media Sensationalize, Mislead in Horrific Scandal?

By Jim Alkon|2019-06-03T07:34:48-04:00May 13th, 2019|Nonfiction|

Sensational headlines in the past decade from major media outlets showed that a terrible crime had taken place. Except for [...]

From Homeless to Billionaire: 18 Principles of Success

By Jim Alkon|2019-05-13T06:59:39-04:00May 8th, 2019|Nonfiction|

“I am a high school dropout with no higher intelligence than you. I came to a country with no knowledge [...]

Chronicler of Political Power Brokers Tells How He Does It

By Jim Alkon|2019-05-10T16:29:08-04:00May 1st, 2019|Nonfiction|

“Political power,” writes biographer Robert A. Caro, “shapes all of our lives. It shapes your life in little ways that [...]

Patagonia Founder Shares Lessons From the Edge

By Daniel Modlin|2019-05-13T07:01:01-04:00April 30th, 2019|Nonfiction|

Yvon Chouinard, the founder of the outdoor brand Patagonia, began as a blacksmith, eventually creating Chouinard Equipment Ltd., which mainly [...]

Modernism, Madness and the American Dream

By Claudia Keenan|2019-04-24T13:54:10-04:00April 16th, 2019|Nonfiction|

During the early 1980s, when Tom Weidlinger, author of The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and the American Dream (SparkPress), set [...]

In a Dehumanizing World, Simply Being Human is Heroic

By Jim Alkon|2019-04-08T12:14:05-04:00April 3rd, 2019|Nonfiction|

What word would best describe today’s hero? Brave? Bold? Gallant? Daring? Gutsy? Superhuman? How about mensch? “In a world as [...]

A Family’s Journey to Enlightenment in India and Nepal

By Meagan Foy|2019-04-02T14:21:10-04:00April 2nd, 2019|Nonfiction|

"The clarity of my single goal -- to stay on the trail -- is like a meditation. My worries drop [...]

A Man and His Bike Battle a Rare Disease

By Jeff Daugherty|2019-03-15T16:26:06-04:00March 15th, 2019|Save the World|

Kyle Bryant may not be a household name—yet—but he’s become the face and voice of defeating Friedreich’s ataxia, one mile [...]

The Woman Who Could Have Been the First in Space

By Brielle Heinl|2019-03-18T14:59:31-04:00March 13th, 2019|Nonfiction|

They had the right stuff. But they were the wrong sex. That would be an appropriate epitaph for the women [...]

Tall Poppy Review: Considering Mental Health in Academia

By Kate Moretti|2019-03-14T10:53:02-04:00March 7th, 2019|Nonfiction|

The opening of Life of the Mind Interrupted: Essays on Mental Health and Disability in Higher Education (Raven Books) says, [...]

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