From Cotton to Silk: The Magic of Black Hair
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By Erin Wood Just over a year ago, on March 20, 2021, Crystal C. Mercer’s children’s book From Cotton to Silk: The Magic of Black
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The Exquisite Egg By Erin Wood A Hot Springs native, artist Isabel B. Anthony’s lifelong passion for embellishing eggs—ignited in the 1960s by a Ladies’
The Unseen Faithful
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By Erin Wood When young writer and Nashville, Arkansas, native Kaden Peebles should have been preparing for a high school cheerleading competition, she was knocked
Porter Prize Awarded to Little Rock Author Jen Fawkes
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By Erin WoodAt a November gala at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Little Rock fiction writer Jen Fawkes was
Invitation to Intimacy
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By Erin Wood While Maumelle resident Dr. Judy Tiesel-Jensen now enjoys being “creatively retired” and watching pelicans fly over the Arkansas River from her writing
Truths We Tell: Stories From The Yarn Stage
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By Erin Wood The Yarn—a Little Rock-based nonprofit that uses the power of storytelling to amplify voices, build understanding, and create space for human connection—is
Six Bridges Virtual Book Festival Takes Place Oct. 21-31
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By Erin Wood Authors and presenters for the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival have been announced. The event, which will take place virtually from October
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By Erin WoodAuthors and presenters for the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival have been announced. The event, which will take place virtually from October 21-31,
AR PBS Airs Summer Learning Program Through Mid-August
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By Erin Wood If you have K-5 kids, you won’t want to miss the six-week summer learning program, “Rise and Shine,” now airing on Arkansas
Author & Parent Advice for Summer Reading with Kids
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By Erin WoodPrepare Little Listeners: Preschool music teacher and author/illustrator Carol Dabney says, “When reading my children’s book, Butterfly Dreams, I say ‘Little caterpillar Carlos
The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal
May 30, 2021
By Erin WoodJennifer A. O’Brien, a self-taught Little Rock artist whose work supports those delivering end-of-life care for others, is the winner of a prestigious
From Cotton to Silk: The Magic of Black Hair
May 1, 2021
By Erin WoodA very unique book launched on March 20, the birthday of author and “create(her)” Crystal C. Mercer’s late grandmother, in whose honor she
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