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David Sanders meditates on time, memory, and The Beatles in ‘Bread of the Moment’
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · David Sanders meditates on time, memory, and The Beatles in ‘Bread of the Moment’ We are always in the present. It’s a mysterious state. We are forever bookended by what we think we know about the present that has already past and by what we anticipate the present might become seconds, minutes,… Read More
‘The Last Of His Mind: A Year In the Shadow Of Alzheimer’s’ recounts John Thorndike’s poignant final year with his father
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · ‘The Last Of His Mind’ recounts John Thorndike’s poignant final year with his father When author John Thorndike’s father, Joseph Thorndike, started writing Christmas cards to people who didn’t exist and forgetting his way home while driving his car, it was as though some unkind stranger was kicking off a slow, brutal… Read More
The Messy Reality of Opioid Addiction: Speaking With Writer Michael Henson
By: Emily Votaw
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there were 3,613 opioid-related overdose deaths in Ohio in 2016. That harrowing statistic is made up of mothers, brothers, daughters, grandparents, cousins, as opioid addiction continues to prove to be one of the most pervasive afflictions of the 21st century. “Maggie Boylan” is a volume of multi-layered… Read More