[…] to political favors promised by his supporters. Harrison’s presidency focused on foreign policy, internal improvements, naval expansion, and antitrust legislation. The Sherman Antitrust Act, the oldest U.S. antitrust law, was passed during his administration. After leaving office, Harrison retired to Indianapolis, where he practiced law and wrote two books before his death in 1901. William McKinley (1897-1901) McKinley was born […]

[…] to political favors promised by his supporters. Harrison’s presidency focused on foreign policy, internal improvements, naval expansion, and antitrust legislation. The Sherman Antitrust Act, the oldest U.S. antitrust law, was passed during his administration. After leaving office, Harrison retired to Indianapolis, where he practiced law and wrote two books before his death in 1901. William McKinley (1897-1901) McKinley was born […]

[…] of e-readers led many to predict that print books would become obsolete as people loaded their shiny, new Kindles with the latest bestsellers. Thankfully, that prediction has not come to pass. Reading books is as popular as it has ever been, as evidenced not only by annual sales figures from the publishing industry, but also the rise of indie bookstores […]

[…] share in that moment—an excerpt of The Widows. I remain ever grateful that while my time at the Thurber House didn’t completely abolish my writerly haunts, it did reaffirm my passion for my creative calling. “Hi. I’m a writer.” Winter 2019 8 Been So Long By Jack Shortlidge Musician and writer Jorma Kaukonen and his wife, Vanessa, have called Ohio […]

[…] share in that moment—an excerpt from The Widows. I remain ever grateful that while my time at the Thurber House didn’t completely abolish my writerly haunts, it did reaffirm my passion for my creative calling. “Hi. I’m a writer.” Winter 2019 8 Been So Long By Jack Shortlidge Musician and writer Jorma Kaukonen and his wife, Vanessa, have called Ohio […]

[…] share in that moment—an excerpt from The Widows. I remain ever grateful that while my time at the Thurber House didn’t completely abolish my writerly haunts, it did reaffirm my passion for my creative calling. “Hi. I’m a writer.” Winter 2019 8 Been So Long By Jack Shortlidge Musician and writer Jorma Kaukonen and his wife, Vanessa, have called Ohio […]

[…] collaboration with the American Association of University Women. The award was presented for forty years, ending in 2003. Martha Kinney Cooper and Florence Roberts Head were dear friends until Head’s passing. As Cooper wrote in tribute to Head in the fall 1962 Ohioana Quarterly, “We, of the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library, owe much to this outstanding woman . . […]

[…] fabulous careers, Ohio and Ohioana could not be prouder of any author as it is Toni Morrison – a giant not just of American literature, but world literature. After Toni passed away in August, it was my honor to introduce Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ wonderful film, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am at a special screening on the OSU campus. We pay […]

[…] and Amanda Flower. (Photo credits: top photo by Kathryn Powers; middle and bottom photos by Mary Rathke) Winter 2023 | 16 When children’s literature expert, advocate, and librarian Floyd Dickman passed away in 2015, it was a loss felt throughout the library world. To honor his memory and carry on the legacy of his work, the Choose to Read Ohio […]

[…] Steel League, hoping to get ballplayers to come and play for them, theoretically offering them jobs that didn’t conflict with their baseball orientation. In May of 1918, the military brass passed a new draft resolution that stated that all able-bodied men must “work or fight,” as it became known. It was aimed particularly at street bums, racetrack regulars, pool hall […]