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Jun 3, 2024 | swwimmiami.substack.com | Sarah Carleton |Kelsay Books

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedWe used to crouch in the hallway during hurricanes. Now we lounge in the living room and respond to text messages:Yes, we are okay. No, we are not worried. From the couch, we listen to frogs ramp up as the wind dies down, and we no longer jump at the grunt of a loose window when a 119-mile-an-hour gust whips around or flinch when a band of calm is puncturedby the bang of a transformer giving out.

Nov 19, 2023 | metromonthly.net | Russell Brickey |Kelsay Books

Several hundred party-goers, mostly international students from the Asian subcontinent, met Nov. 12 in the Chestnut Room of Youngstown State University’s Kilcawley Center to celebrate the festivals of Dashain and Tihar. “Dashain & Tihar Night” was presented by YSU’s Nepalese Student Association. Upbeat Indian music filled the expansive room as students performed classically-inspired dances in colorful traditional dress.

Sep 8, 2023 | metromonthly.net | Russell Brickey |Kelsay Books

Joe Bowers arrives at his small Glenwood Avenue restaurant at 4 a.m. He makes his food fresh from scratch, and the prep, baking, and mixing takes time and expertise. The St. Louis-style barbecue ribs take five hours to smoke. The chicken marinates for eight.Bowers bakes all the red velvet and pound cakes. The black-eyed peas, shrimp, and grits are all cooked in-house before the restaurant opens at 11 a.m. At Savannah Joe’s, the results are well worth the visit.