News of the Week: Random Notes, the Great Cereal Boom, and the Soothing Paintings of Bob Ross
In the news for the week ending March 5, 2021, are a Dating Game, cerealism, a day without ebooks, a week of all ebooks, a 300-year-old letter, and more.
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Senior Stoners
Marijuana was a cornerstone of the youth counterculture of the ’60s and ’70s. Today, with increasing legalization, it ain’t just for kids anymore.
Past Tense: Black Novelists Imaginatively Set the Historical Record Straight
How can fiction help us deal honestly with history? New novels by Black writers are taking readers on imaginative, often hellish journeys into the country’s past to better understand our present day relationship with racism.
Pappy’s Goose
A refurbished bicycle and an angry goose come together to teach young Mary a life lesson she will never forget.
1961: The Year That You Didn’t Know Changed Music
From January to December of 1961, events here and abroad would shape popular music forever.
I Had a Fortress Once in Paradise
Growing up in postwar California, my brothers and I had a freedom unheard of in today’s sheltered world.
40 Years of Weird: Al Yankovic’s Biggest Moments
The tale of how a man and his accordion conquered the charts.
News of the Week: The Cold Side of the Jet Stream, Rock Stars, and a February Canapalooza
In the news for the week ending February 12, 2021, are product name changes, rock ’n’ roll honors, pen pals, cat lawyers, the Beatles, and more.
Rick Springfield Will Always Be Cooler Than You
The Grammy-winning musician/cartoon character/actor/best-selling author/toy enthusiast is much more than his biggest hit.
Pampering the Enemy During World War II
Why did America take such good care of the Axis diplomats detained here?
The Self-Made Man
FIFTH RUNNER-UP IN THE 2021 GREAT AMERICAN FICTION CONTEST: Nothing was more welcome in Bluesville than a distraction, but this carnival was unlike any the town had seen before.
News of the Week: New Books, Charles Schulz’s Other Strip, and the Rudest State Is …
In the news for the week ending February 5, 2021, are good books, bad citizens, unexpected cartoons, starchy Super Bowl snacks, and more.
When Every Kid Was Free-Range
In the backyards and sidewalks of 1960s Duluth, the answer to “Can I play?” was always yes.
The Battle to Save the Trees in 1961
In 1961, a Post author made a case to protect wooded parks from suburban sprawl.
Katianna Milena Bovinich
FOURTH RUNNER-UP IN THE 2021 GREAT AMERICAN FICTION CONTEST: Some Russian women are afraid to love their children, but Millie believed if you did not show love, children will be hard, not strong.
“Early Americana” by Joseph Hergesheimer
“A vision of the West, the rippling green, the wide frozen purity of Northern winters possessed him; he breathed in imagination the spacious air, the air so different from this; he was thrilled by the thought of turned virgin soil, the vitality of new towns, towns on limitless plains or by rushing narrow rivers, under the canopy of a primitive forest.”