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Becoming Our Whole Self – an Interview with Jeannine Ouellette
by, Audrey Arnold
December 15, 2020

You can tear a thing apart and tape it back together, and it will still be torn and whole. There is no other way. In her fiercely beautiful memoir, Jeannine Ouellette recollects fragments of her life and arranges them elliptically to witness each piece as torn and whole, as something more than itself. Caught between the dramatic landscapes of Lake Superior and Casper Mountain, between her stepfather’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Elephant Rock, Jeannine Ouellette, Mama Moon, The Part That Burns, trauma and healing, writing mentor
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Human Connection is Universal – a Q and A with Therese Tappouni
by, Audrey Arnold
September 22, 2020

“Caught Between Worlds is a fantastic story set in Iraq in 1980 about a kidnapping—except instead of a kid, it’s his father who is taken hostage when war breaks out with Iran. Tom O’Hara’s father is taken by armed militants shortly after they move to Baghdad. Grieving the loss of his mother a year ago, Tom relies on his memories of her, an anthropology professor, and… [Read More]

Filed Under: Alexander the Great, Arab culture, BookBaby, Caught Between Worlds, Caught Between Worlds: Tom Mikhail and Alexander the Great, self-publishing, Therese Tappouni
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Building a Better Brand – a Q and A with Margot Bloomstein
by, Audrey Arnold
August 11, 2020

For nearly 20 years, Margot Bloomstein has shaped the content strategy industry. She’s the author of Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project (Morgan Kaufmann, 2012) and the principal of Appropriate, Inc., a brand and content strategy consultancy based in Boston. Bloomstein developed the message architecture-driven approach to content strategy now popular with many practitioners. Recognized in 2015 as one of Boston’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Margot Bloomstein, Marketing, Trustworthy, Trustworthy: How Smart Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap
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Racism and the Failures of the U.S. Constitution
by, Audrey Arnold
June 9, 2020

In a recent article published by The Good Men Project, David Madden decodes the military jargon “battle space” as the killing fields and suggests the military rhetoric provides a pretext for delaying or cancelling the November election.  “It is not enough that the Trump government bungled the pandemic and directly caused the deaths of over a hundred thousand Americans. It is not enough that the… [Read More]

Filed Under: David Madden, David P. Madden, McFarland Press, Racism, The Constitution and American Racism
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Releasing a Book During a Pandemic – an Interview with Chelsea Hanson
by, Audrey Arnold
May 5, 2020

After the unexpected loss of a loved one, it is difficult to know where to turn for help and what to do next, and healing can feel like something out of reach. The Sudden Loss Survival Guide: Seven Essential Practices for Healing Grief by Chelsea Hanson provides an indispensable road map to aid those who’ve experienced a life-changing loss. While you cannot control losing a… [Read More]

Filed Under: book marketing during a pandemic, Chelsea Hanson, Grief, Healing Grief, Let Go of Grief and Hold Onto the Love, Seven Grief Healing Practices, The Sudden Loss Survival Guide, With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes
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Finding Balance – Q and A with Jean Raffa
by, Audrey Arnold
March 17, 2020

A former television producer and college professor, Dr. Jean Raffa changed directions in midlife to discover and write about her passions. Informed by over 30 years of psychological and spiritual study, her books and teachings guide others to growth and self-empowerment. To be released in October 2020, her newest book, The Soul’s Twins, is about reconciling differences between masculine and feminine, overcoming oppositional conflicts, and… [Read More]

Filed Under: #MeToo, Amaterasu, Apollo, archetypes, Artemis, Carl Jung, Jean Benedict Raffa, Jean Raffa, Jungian psychology, The Soul's Twins, Tsukuyomi
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Healing After Loss – an Interview with Chelsea Hanson
by, Audrey Arnold
November 12, 2019

After the unexpected loss of a loved one, it is difficult to know where to turn for help and what to do next, and healing can feel like something out of reach. The Sudden Loss Survival Guide: Seven Essential Practices for Healing Grief by Chelsea Hanson provides an indispensable road map to aid those who’ve experienced a life-changing loss. While you cannot control losing a… [Read More]

Filed Under: Chelsea Hanson, Grief, Healing Grief, Seven Grief Healing Practices, The Sudden Loss Survival Guide, With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes
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Casting Light into the Shadows—An Interview with Cathryn Prince
by, Stephanie Cheslock
April 2, 2019

Cathryn Prince is a journalist and award-winning author of historical nonfiction—her most recent work, Queen of the Mountaineers: The Trailblazing Life of Fanny Bullock Workman, will be released on May 7th. This biography explores the life and adventures of the pioneering Fanny Bullock Workman, a woman whose ambition, passion, and determination changed the face of mountain exploration. Stephanie Cheslock has been a beta-reader for Swenson… [Read More]

Filed Under: A Professor a President and a Meteor, American Daredevil, Burn the Town and Sack the Banks, Cathryn Prince, Greek Mythology, National Library of Scotland, Queen of the Mountaineers, Roman Mythology, Vietnam
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The Journey of Marcel’s Letters – An Interview with Carolyn Porter
by, Audrey Arnold
November 20, 2018

Carolyn Porter is a “graphic designer, typography geek, and founder of the graphic design company Porterfolio,” but you may know her as the author of Marcel’s Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate. This memoir recounts Carolyn Porter’s journey through designing a font and her quest for answers about Marcel Heuzé, the World War II forced laborer whose handwriting inspired the font…. [Read More]

Filed Under: book trailer, Carolyn Porter, Marcel's Letters, paperback release
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Making Science Fun – An Interview with Larry Scheckel
by, Audrey Arnold
October 30, 2018

As we go through our everyday lives, science is at work all around us, though many of us take little notice. Teacher, author, and presenter Larry Scheckel has made it his mission “to show that science is valuable, a worthy human pursuit, and just plain fun.” And that’s exactly what he does in his latest book I Wondered About That, Too: 111 Questions and Answers… [Read More]

Filed Under: Fox Cities Book Festival, I Always Wondered About That, I Wondered About That Too, Larry Scheckel, Tumblehome Learning
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