What a way to end the year, which went by too fast. Where does the time go? We are happy to end this year on a wonderful note, being one of the winners of The 2017 Black Pearls Literary Exce… Read More
"Faced with outsized stresses, these Baltimore students learn to take a deep breath" PBS NewsHour 2/21/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: Violent crime and unemployment rates are nearly twice the nat… Read More
2017 NHL Offseason Analysis
CENTRAL DIVISION
Once thought to be the strongest division in the National Hockey League, the Central Division has seen its reputation drop in recent years. With… Read More
In days of old it was a huge honour to be chosen as captain of the line to lead the nations’s troops into battle.
This honour was decided by firing an arrow into the air from a longbo… Read More
2017 NHL Offseason Analysis
PACIFIC DIVISION
The Pacific Division has become the more competitive of the two divisions in the Western Conference. With the emergence of young powerhouse teams… Read More
Trump Nominees show up for Work without Waiting for Senate Approval and some Lawyers and Experts warn the Administration may be Bumping up against a 1998 Law designed to Prevent the Presiden… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Purchased:Physical copies:Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (21st September 2017)I've wanted to read this one for so long! And it was SO goo… Read More
In the last few years I have actually relocated from being a yoga exercise educator to becoming a human movement enthusiast, suggesting that I have an interest in the function and also st… Read More
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For many of us, school started each day with our right hands over our hearts, reciting the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. Similar to the… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Purchased:Physical copies:Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama (1st October 2013)This is a retelling of The Little Mermaid, but with a… Read More
First Class Post - because this post is first class!Books Purchased:Physical copies:Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon (1st March 2011)This sounds incredible! It's dual-narrated by the mermaid, Prin… Read More
Advocacy Groups Sued the White House on Monday to Remove Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie from that Role, arguing his Appointment Violated Federal Law. Acting Secretary of Vet… Read More
Welcome to Mental Illness in YA Month on Once Upon a Bookcase!The whole month of July is dedicated to YA novels that feature mental illness. As someone who as anxiety, representation of ment… Read More
I am so excited to have Akemi Dawn Bowman stopping by the blog today! Read on for a Q&A about her 2018 UKYA debut novel, Starfish, social anxiety, and the lack of YA featuring mental ill… Read More
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman (eProof) - Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese he… Read More
Yesterday, we had a guest post from Ashley Woodfolk, who spoke about how intersectional YA is important to learn empathy. Today, I thought I'd share with you the intersectional YA novels I k… Read More
Today, I thought I'd share the UKYA novels we have that feature mental illness. As regular readers will know, I'm really passionate about diverse books, and more recently, interectionality w… Read More
So Mental Illness in YA Month has come to a close! I hope you have enjoyed the event as much as I have in putting it together! If there are some posts you think you've missed, you can find l… Read More
"The Shadow Rulers of the VA" by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica 8/7/2018How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administr… Read More
Bear with me, this is going to be a long one. Today, I want to talk about something I feel is incredibly important; how readers of UKYA & MG should support our authors of colour. When it… Read More
Can you believe another year has gone by? I swear, it feels like it should only be March, not the end of the year! But no matter who quick it's flown by, it's here, and it's time look o… Read More
This post contains affiliate links.January saw the creation of a brand new, specific diverse reading challenge! Year of the Asian Reading Challenge 2019 is a reading challenge to… Read More
This post containts affiliate links.Titles marked with an asterisk (*) were gifted to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.After the success of F/F February, Ellie of Fae on… Read More
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn BowmanPublished: 4th April 2019 | Publisher: Ink Road Books | Source: PublisherAkemi Dawn Bowman's WebsiteRumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying. What to eat… Read More
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau PretoPublished: 25th April 2019 | Publisher: Ink Road | Source: Publisher Nicki Pau Preto's WebsiteIn a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire wa… Read More
Marcus King announced his debut solo album, El Dorado, produced by Black Keyes guitarist Dan Auerbach, set to release January 17, 2020 via Fantasy Records, a division of Concord Music Group… Read More
By Martine Ehrenclou Blues-rock, Southern R&B and soul artist, Marcus King, releases his new solo effort, El Dorado, on January 17th via Fantasy Records. Produced by Dan Auerbach fr… Read More
The Natural Aristocrat captured a video tour of the Museum of the Moving Image’s ‘Envisioning 2001: Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey’ Exhibition for those of you not l… Read More
Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, in 2019, announces Third Class of Mayors to Go Back to School.
This Yearlong Program provides 41 Mayors from around the Globe with World-Class… Read More
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Businesses across Chicago were forced to close their doors at the beginning of COVID-19 in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. While Mayor Lori Lightfoot has an optimistic outlo… Read More
Did you take advantage of the DraftKings Sportsbook Profit Boost for the Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway last weekend? Hopefully you did because it may have given you a little bit extr… Read More
There are a lot of iconic summer cookout pairings. Hot dogs and baked beans. Hamburgers and a corn cob. Potato salad and eating too much. Beer and more beer. There are also a lot of pairings… Read More
For the first time since the return, NASCAR will not be in one of the Carolinas. Instead, the Cup Series heads west to Bristol, Tennessee for the Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 50… Read More
Some Hump Day NASCAR will get you through the work week on June 10 as the top stock car racing circuit in the world descends on Ridgeway, Virginia for the Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 at… Read More
This weekend at Pocono Raceway is going to be a real endurance test for the NASCAR Cup Series teams. The COVID-19 pandemic forced a lot of changes to the Cup Series schedule for 2020, but th… Read More
Don't hold your breath waiting for Final Results in the Close Congressional and Legislature Assembly Primaries in New York.
Under State Law, Counting may begin Wednesday, July 2nd, but it c… Read More
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Exploratory Drilling began this week for an Offshore Oil Well just 150 Miles from South Florida, prompting a Warning from 18 Members of Congress, including the entire South Florida Delegatio… Read More
The Progressive Group Justice Democrats is throwing their Support behind former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner, a Top ally of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, in her Campaign to Succeed Ohio Rep. M… Read More
The Broadband Justice Act of 2021, was introduced on Mar. 16th 2021, by Reps. Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO, 5th District) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY, 16th District). It would Expand Affordable Bro… Read More
Fossil Fuel Corporations like, ExxonMobil, have known for Decades that their Pollution was causing Catastrophic Climate Impacts. They Not only Failed to Share their Science, they took Delibe… Read More
Rahm Emanuel could face Opposition from an unusual source at his Wednesday Nomination Hearing, to be the next US Ambassador to Japan: his own Party.
Some Progressive Democrats are furious… Read More
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Shakespeare said : “To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
Recently, in response to a question tweeted by Dogecoin founder Billy Markus “If you could upload your brain… Read More
When you hear Old Hollywood your mind automatically goes to the glamour and the glitz of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Although not many of us grew up in this era, it is a time in history… Read More