Write what you know. That's what fiction writing students are told when they have a story due but can't think of a topic. The topic might seem boring to you, but the authenticity you bring to it
Four years after Cincinnati's establishment in 1788 came its first riot -- and then, as now, the conflict was between citizens and the people charged with protecting them. Sparked by the beating
Waiting my turn at Barnes & Nobles, a green paperback caught my eye. It was perched halfway up on one of those impulse-buy stands like gum and candy in a grocery store. On the cover was an illust
For several years I've been aware that people played a form of golf with Frisbees. Some friends played it, but I never had the equipment and I didn't know how to play, so I never went. Plus the
Dewey's is a neighborhood pizza parlor in a yuppie-ish neighborhood. Pepperoni and double cheese, although available, don't dominate this joint. They specialize in fancy named pizzas with fancy ingr
As a child, the Rev. Theresa Langford learned that women couldn't be pastors in her Southern Baptist church. "Women made up the majority of the church," she remembers. "They could be the Sund
Summer-reading books require either raucous sex-driven characters or unthinkable crimes. Ridley Pearson writes the latter, borrowing his plots straight from the news. And he has a knack for choo
It's a sad statement about women's progress toward equality. During the last century, the recognition of women as having roles that reach far beyond motherhood has brought new freedom, including th