Novel Ideas
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Michael Koryta’s Lost Man’s Lane is a ‘Love Letter’ to Bloomington
“Lost Man’s Lane,” a supernatural thriller by Michael Koryta, BA’06, and set in Bloomington, was published in March 2024.
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Excerpt: Canary in the Coal Mine by Will Cooke
When Will Cooke, BA’94, MS’95, MD’01, an idealistic young physician just out of medical training, set up practice in the small rural community of Austin, Ind., he had no idea…
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A Physician’s View of the Drug Epidemic Ravaging Rural America
Will Cooke, BA’94, MS’95, MD’01, had no idea what he was in for when he moved back home to southern Indiana after completing his medical residency in Muncie, Ind. In…
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Excerpt: Stone Maidens by Lloyd Devereux Richards
In 2012, Lloyd Devereux Richards, JD’80, published Stone Maidens, a crime thriller about a serial killer on the loose in southern Indiana.
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Stone Maidens Author Sells 100,000 Books After Going Viral on TikTok
Eleven years after publishing his book Stone Maidens, Lloyd Devereux Richards, JD’80, became a best-selling author on Amazon.
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Children’s Book Illustrates Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom’s Uncommon Life
Lin’s Uncommon Life, written by Scott Shackelford, BA’05, and Emily Castle, follows Elinor Ostrom from childhood to winning a Nobel Prize.
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Excerpt: Lin’s Uncommon Life by Scott Shackelford and Emily Castle
Lin’s Uncommon Life, written by Scott Shackelford and Emily Castle, follows Elinor Ostrom from childhood to winning a Nobel Prize.
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IU Alumna Shares Stories of Syrian Women in Jordan Refugee Camp
Second-generation international alumna, Waed Athamneh, PhD’14, returned to her native Jordan to gather heart-wrenching stories from women who escaped civil war in Syria.
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Excerpt: Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan by Waed Athamneh
Read the story of Fatima, a mother who escaped a war zone, in an excerpt from Defiance in Exile: Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan by Waed Athamneh.
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Excerpt: I’m Possible by Richard Antoine White
Young Richard Antoine White and his mother don’t have a key to a room or a house. Sometimes they have shelter, but they never have a place to call home.…
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Excerpt: Pearl Jam Twenty co-written by Jonathan Cohen
In 1991, Pearl Jam’s debut album, Ten catapulted the little-known Seattle-based band into superstardom. Then, at the height of their popularity, the band shunned the spotlight, refusing to shoot videos or do…
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Jonathan Cohen Pens Pearl Jam Biography
Jonathan Cohen, BAJ’98, had always been a Pearl Jam fan, so he made it his goal when he got a job at Billboard magazine to interview the band. “I was…