Commentary

On today’s Keepin’ It Real, Cam realizes that talking too much about his superstitions can actually be a jinx.

In 1919 Sherwood Anderson published his collection of loosely connected stories “Winesburg, Ohio” and it became, almost instantly, an American classic. Anderson wrote 22 short stories, each about a citizen of his fictional Winesburg.

In 2018, middle-aged mid-list novelist Andrew Sean Greer published “Less,” his sixth book, featuring Arthur Less, a middle-aged mid-list novelist whose latest manuscript has just been turned down by his publisher and whose ex-boyfriend, Freddy, has announced his marriage to another.

Surprisingly, much of our Thanksgiving fare is not safe for our furry friends!

On this week’s Keepin’ It Real, Cam talks about superstitions and begs our forgiveness for the topic today, which we’ve heard about a lot recently.

Keith Thomson of Birmingham knows pirates, and after reading this nonfiction historical account of a major pirate expedition in Central America in the seventeenth century, you will, too.

In this week’s segment of Crunk Culture, Robin Boylorn discusses both the implied and indirect financial burdens of student loan debt, while highlighting the relief student loan forgiveness could provide to those who need it the most.

Do you think about how much value your animal shelter adds to your community? This week is National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, a great time to give that some thought!

On this week’s Keepin’ It Real, Cam updates us on his son’s high school football team. They survived and advanced and play again tonight.

When you finish this book you too will know Bo. This is a giant book, thoroughly detailed. It is a doorstopper at 480 pages but honestly, Pearlman has such a lively, conversational style that reading was not a slog, and the story is nearly unbelievable, which explains the title.