Cohen Miles-Rath (on psychosis and recovery)
Cohen Miles-Rath (Mending Reality: An Advocate’s Existential Journey with Mental Health) is a mental health advocate, author, and suicide prevention professional. Cohen joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up between two wildly different households in upstate New York, finding his footing as a distance runner while becoming the first in his family to go to
Running the Show: PW Talks with Melinda Hsu
TV writer and Producer Melinda Hsu’s two decades of experience in the business taught her a lot about dysfunctional work cultures. In Lead with Kindness (Post Hill, June), she shares what she’s learned about humane, effective leadership. Click here to read the full article. Click here to learn more about the book.
How writing hockey romance novels became an unexpected Happily Ever After for a former pro player
Had it been possible, Bill Keenan would have given his tutu, tights and bloody socks a fist bump. His injured ballerina costume had grabbed the attention of Olivia MacKinnon, an actual ballerina dressed as Barbie, during a 2019 Halloween party to the point that the pretend dancer and real one chatted for 15 pleasant minutes.
Hollywood Ventures Group Options Namratha Stanley’s ‘Vineyard Melody’
Hollywood Ventures Group has optioned Namratha Stanley’s memoir, Vineyard Melody, for a film adaptation. The deal closed during the Cannes Film Festival. Published by Regalo Press, the memoir follows Stanley from a decade-plus of domestic abuse in Bangalore to the vineyards of Bordeaux. The turning point comes when a violent attack by her husband nearly
New book debunks male privilege, gives platform to men in a women’s world
Helen Smith, a licensed psychologist with over 20 years in the field with an emphasis in clinical and forensic psychology, has published a new book: His Side: Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage, and Life in America. Released in February, it offers a follow-up to her book that came out in 2013, Men on Strike.
As an Army widow, I will never forget how ordinary Americans honored my husband
On Nov. 2, 2023, I lost my husband Andy in a Humvee accident during an Army Reserve training exercise in Virginia. He was a captain. He was four months shy of his 28th birthday. We had a 17-month-old daughter named Adalyn, we were in the middle of building a home, and we had just received
“Six children and relatives dead in seconds”
Watch to this fascinating interview with Phyllis Karas, New York Times bestseller, who speaks about her latest book, The Curse of the Blumenthals, a book about tragedy and violence that struck this Jewish family, and how love was able to stop the curse. Click here to view the video. Click here to learn more about
When a Californian Moves to Montana and Gets Pushback From the Locals
I’ve been called intense. Dramatic. In Montana, I started to see it in the context that I am a cowboy at heart. I’m a force. And eventually I stopped trying to shrink myself into a palatable draft. That last time a drizzle man told me to be easy and breezy, I looked him dead in
From JFK to Trump, a Veteran Republican Reflects on the Party He Once Knew
Few figures in American politics have had as long, varied and distinguished a career in public life as Lamar Alexander. The Tennessee Republican was a White House and Senate aide, served two terms as governor, was president at the University of Tennessee, education secretary for President George H.W. Bush and then capped it all off
Second Acts: Rob Shuter, Aughts Flack to the Stars, Is Substacking His Way to Fame
When British gossip columnist Rob Shuter was working as a publicist for Kate Spade in the early 2000s, his client would purchase the latest issue of Vogue or Vanity Fair at the airport when they traveled. As Spade giggled in her first-class seat, Shuter asked what could possibly be so funny in the magazine. The