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Michelle Herman finds new ways to communicate with ‘If You Say So’

The exhibition, now on display at Urban Arts Space, features paintings by Herman’s husband, Glen Holland, along with a short film and a series of associated events that all extend in some way from the author’s new essay collection, released in March.

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Comics artist Carol Tyler still feels compelled to tell her story

The iconic writer and illustrator is the subject of a new retrospective show, ‘Write It Down, Draw It Out: The Comics Art of Carol Tyler,’ currently on view at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.

Two Dollar Radio turns 20

The Columbus-based indie publisher will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a bash at Two Dollar Radio Headquarters on Saturday, May 17.

We have to find each other: Surviving and resisting fascism through communal narratives

Garth Mullins' new memoir, ‘Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs,’ avoids the toxic self-made-man myth and embraces the power of community. There are strong lessons in it for this social and political moment.

Ajanaé Dawkins takes a more empathetic view of the past in ‘Blood-Flex’

The Columbus poet will celebrate the release of her new chapbook with an online launch party today (Monday, May 12).

Tracy Ramey wants readers to see themselves reflected in Tastes & Tomes

Ramey designed her pop-up bookshop, the next iteration of which takes place at the Fourth Street Night Market on Thursday, May 8, with a focus on those often underrepresented within the literary world, including people of color, the disabled, and the LGBTQ+ community, among others.

Kwame Alexander understands the life-changing power of words

The poet and New York Times best-selling author will take part in Schooled on Poetry at the Davidson Theatre on Saturday, May 3, reading alongside Columbus poets Hanif Abdurraqib and Cynthia Amoah, among others.

The duality of Columbus poet Amy Turn Sharp

Perhaps best known for the inspirational verses she posts regularly to social media, Turn Sharp intends to show another part of her poetic personality when she reads at Streetlight Guild on Sunday, April 27.

SPACE maintains a hands-on approach to comics

The long-running Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, which takes place at the Ohio Expo Center this weekend, continues to celebrate the idea that ‘people still enjoy holding a book.’

Poet Sayuri Matsuura Ayers creates in community

The Columbus writer will appear as part of ‘Rhapsody & Refrain,’ a two-week, 30-poet blitz that kicks off at Streetlight Guild on Wednesday, April 16.