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Dorian Ham names the monsters in the room with ‘In 250 Degrees I Revolve’

The Columbus poet’s new chapbook uses the anniversary of American independence to explore the repetitive nature of history, the politics of fear, and the need to push back rather than accepting ‘the badness of a thing.’

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Paul Tremblay seeks out a human connection

The author, who will be in town this weekend for the Columbus Book Festival, finds inspiration in the insidiousness of Big Tech for his latest novel, ‘Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep.’

The Columbus Book Festival summer reading list

Here are 13 books to get you hyped for this weekend’s fest and to help you while away the remainder of these sweltering summer days.

Dear Ms. Stevi can finally see everything

The Columbus poet will read this week at Streetlight Guild to kick off the open mic miniseries ‘All the Words.’

‘He was going to change the world’: Friends and family remember the life of Tomás Pacheco

The Columbus writer, who died on June 16 at age 24, leaves behind a legacy that those interviewed said will endure long after his passing.

The urgency of the moment leads Christopher Sunami to ‘Free Your Mind’

The Columbus philosopher and author hopes to spark a larger conversation with his new collection, which he’ll celebrate with a release event at Clintonville Books on Wednesday, July 1.

Hanif Abdurraqib named recipient of the 2026 Weston International Award

The celebrated Columbus poet and author is the latest winner of the literary award for nonfiction, given each year by the Writers’ Trust of Canada.

How to disappear temporarily with Darren Demaree

The Columbus poet will celebrate the release of his new collection, ‘Got There: Poems on Vanishing,’ with a reading at Prologue Bookshop on Wednesday, June 10.

Isaac Fitzgerald finds himself on the trail of Johnny Appleseed

The author will discuss his new book, ‘American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed,’ in conversation with the poet Maggie Smith at WOSU Ross Community Studio on Tuesday, May 19.

Cynthia Amoah to explore concepts of identity, lineage in Aminah Robinson residency

The Columbus poet has big plans for the next couple of months that she’s slated to work in Robinson’s former home on the East Side, but she’s going to start by taking things room by room.