[…] the peak of spring migration is so spectacular that it attracts bird watchers from around the globe, culminating in one of the world’s biggest birding festivals. Millions of winged migrants pass through the region, some traveling thousands of miles, performing epic feats of endurance and navigating with stunning accuracy. Now, climate change threatens to disrupt patterns of migration and the […]

[…] reserved. Printed by PXPOHIO. su MM er 2016 Contents | Ohioana Quarterly 3 On T h E C O v ER This issue’s cover showcases Billy Ireland’s Sunday comic The Passing Show, which ran in the Columbus Dispatch from 1908 until Ireland’s death in 1935. Credit: Billy Ireland Collection, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Dear […]

[…] College, an M.A. from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Ohio State University. He was teaching business, accounting, and economics at Otterbein College when poetry first became a passion. He wrote part-time for several years and published ten children’s books before turning to writing full time in 1998. Lewis is the 2011 winner of the NCTE Award for […]

[…] for sustainable agriculture; in its heyday, more than 20,000 visitors per year toured the farm and listened to Bromfield talk about the work taking place there. Bromfield also shared his passion for sustainable farming via a weekly radio show (Voice from the Valley), a syndicated newspaper column, magazine articles, and essays. In 1945 Bromfield published his first nonfiction book, Pleasant […]

[…] country at the beginning of the last century, a child called Pavla is born to peasant parents. Pavla has been born a dwarf, beautiful in face, but as the years pass, she grows no farther than the edge of her crib. When her parents turn to the treatments of a local charlatan, his terrifying cure opens the floodgates of persecution […]

[…] children’s literary expert, advocate, and librarian, Floyd Dickman. You’ll also meet the delightful writer and illustrator Aiko Ikegami, whose beautiful book, Hello, is this year’s Floyd’s Pick winner. Floyd was passionate about spreading the love of books and reading to children, so I know he’d be an enthusiastic supporter of the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library. Spearheaded by Ohio First Lady […]

[…] children’s literary expert, advocate, and librarian, Floyd Dickman. You’ll also meet the delightful writer and illustrator Aiko Ikegami, whose beautiful book, Hello, is this year’s Floyd’s Pick winner. Floyd was passionate about spreading the love of books and reading to children, so I know he’d be an enthusiastic supporter of the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library. Spearheaded by Ohio First Lady […]

[…] will also serve as the basis for a beautiful companion book. One of the guiding forces behind the celebration is Haygood’s long-time friend, Larry James, a lawyer, civic leader, and passionate advocate for the arts. Executive Director David Weaver recently spoke to Haygood and James and asked if they would share their thoughts about this milestone, as well as a […]

[…] Printer President. REVIEWED BY MIRIAM KAHN FICTION Costa, Shelley. You Cannoli Die Once. Pocket Books (New York, NY) 2013. PB $7.99. Eva Angelotta, master chef at the Miracolo Restaurant, is passionate about her cooking, her cousins (most of whom work at the restaurant), and her grandmother, Maria Pia. After she finds Maria Pia’s boyfriend, Arlen Mather, dead on the kitchen […]

[…] Music and String Chamboree are avail­ able to Delta Omicron members, as well as a graduate scholarship in the field of sacred music. Music Composers Library During the triennium just passed there has been established a Music Composers Library, the contents of which are the creative work of Delta Omicron mem­ bers. Among those listed are three Ohio women, Margaret […]