The online magazine Defector is running an extensive excerpt from Nina Mandell’s A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line. One Gymnast tells her story.
“Even in 2008, when she [Andrea] graduated and the streak was only at five consecutive state titles, she remembered the pressure to win being intense. At the time, […]

Tom Hillman, author of Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many speaks to Kenny and Sam of The Entmoot Podcast.
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Congratulations to Tom Hillman, author of Pity, Power, and Tolkien’s Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many!  The Tolkien Society has honored him with Best Article for ‘The Tides Of Time, The Tides Of Fate, And The Power Of Song‘ (published in Journal of Tolkien Research).
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Don’t miss this informative article by Chris Briem, author of Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and the Economics of Transformation for the online magazine, The Conversation.
“Slow and steady growth in higher education and health care, and enviable success at research investment in tech, has built new competitive advantages. National firms including Google, Apple, Amazon and others have set up significant local operations […]

Don’t miss this candid interview with Eric Lemay, author of The First 649 Days: Essays and Other Acts of Love on RustBeltGirl.com.
“I had the great pleasure of speaking with Eric about his latest collection, about the essay form, about writing from Ohio ground, and more. Read on, and watch him flip the script on me, […]

Cleveland.com interviews Nina Mandell, author of A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line.
“Mandell does what a good author should do in a topic like this: She humanizes the subjects in a readable writing style.
For the book, she followed the high school team through the 2022-23 season.
I think this topic is a […]

Nina Mandell, author of A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the Line, speaks to Ideastream about the championship Brecksville-Broadview Heights Bees
“The title of the book is ‘A Fraction of a Point’ because that is often what the state title is decided by. The incredible thing about this streak is that every year […]

Chris Briem, author of Beyond Steel: Pittsburgh and Economics of Transformation is interviewed by 90.5 WESA radio. A transcript is included.
“I think the Pittsburgh region is doing well—or at least better than some people think—at attracting new investment and growth. That message gets confused because we are a region that saw so many young […]

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