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‘One Year in Loveland’: Elizabeth’s Bookshop celebrates first anniversary with joy and community
By H.L. Comeriato, Devil Strip Staff Reporter Rachel Elizabeth Cargle is filled with gratitude. Behind a table lined...
New book documents Akron’s gas balloon history
by Kyle Cochrun Hands Off!: Epic Adventures of the Balloon Flyers of Akron, is one of those charming...
Local comic book writer shows “Confidence” with Kickstarter Campaign
By Allyson Smith Todd Zverloff’s love for comic books started with a gift from his uncle when he...
David Hawkins pens book inspired by his father
Reporting and writing by Zinga Hart David Hawkins is a Highland Square native and interior designer who recently...
Book review: The Panic Years
The Panic Years examines the pleasures and politics of motherhood from a feminist lens By Lyndsey Brennan British...
‘Wolves and Flax’ uses a family archive to illustrate 19th-century Cuyahoga Falls
Reporting and writing by Kyle Cochrun In April 1802, the seventh U.S. Congress passed the Enabling Act of...
Akron photographer to release her ‘Portraits of a Pandemic’ as a book
Reporting and writing by Abbey Marshall Autumn Bland remembers how she felt when she first saw the century-old...
In new book, David Giffels travels Ohio to understand the U.S.
Reporting and writing by Nahla Bendefaa An annual festival in a city recovering from a mass shooting. A...
Michael Buckley’s new book | Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox
Lauren Dangel Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox might sound like an edgy indie band, but it’s actually the...
Celebrated graphic novelist revisits deadly Kent State shooting at 50th anniversary
In ‘Four Dead in Ohio’ Akron native and author of ‘My Friend Dahmer’ Derf Backderf depicts lives of...
‘If This Wallpaper Could Talk’
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from If This Wallpaper Could Talk, a forthcoming book about Akronites...
This New Tarot Deck and Essay Collection Celebrate Northeast Ohio Wildlife
by Rosalie Murphy In Rust Belt Arcana: Tarot and Natural History in the Exurban Wilds, available Oct. 30...
‘Our love is all we have’ | Reflecting on ‘Furnishing Eternity’
by Heather Braun, special to The Devil Strip 02/05/2018 I was holding my signed copy of David...
Main Library Speaker Series: Malu Halasa
A Jordanian Filipino Journalist Traverses Family Ties by Claude Christensen 11/06/2017 A small, predominantly Christian town in Jordan...