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Riffing On Bowie, Funkadelic And More With Indy Poet Adrian Matejka

“Somebody Else Sold the World” is the first of two 2021 music-inspired books by the former Poet Laureate of Indiana.

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Leah Johnson Is Back With Another Hit Novel

After releasing her first novel to national acclaim last year, the YA author returns with a new queer love story.

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Good Bones Recap: Season Premiere

A season filmed during the pandemic and a pregnancy nevertheless feels like the show we know and love.

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Indy’s Tiara Thomas Is Halfway To An EGOT

We spoke with the Lawrence North graduate in the wake of her winning a Grammy and Oscar in the same year.

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The Anthropocene Reviewed, Reviewed

John Green’s first nonfiction book is out this month. Indiana features in it as prominently as his wide-ranging curiosity.

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How Austin’s Only Doctor Fought HIV In A Town Indiana Left Behind

In his new book, “Canary in the Coal Mine,” William Cooke recounts the opioid epidemic that led to the infamous 2015 outbreak.

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Please, Please, Please Join My Podcast

Monthly Weekly host Derek Robertson pitches (editor’s note: begs) his dream guests on calling into the show.

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Indiana’s Hoops Obsession In Podcast Form

In 49 other states, it’s just basketball. In Indiana, it’s, well, a podcast. Many of them, actually, befitting the state’s hoops obsession.

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The Complete Guide To Indy’s Burgeoning Podcast-Industrial Complex

Whether you have a taste for murder, could use a stiff drink, or just want some company on a run, we have the right local podcast for you.

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The Hits Keep Coming for Michael Koryta

The Bloomington mystery writer is rolling with a new novel and a slate of Hollywood projects.

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Designing “Russian Doll,” With Michael Bricker

The Monthly Weekly speaks with the Indy native and Emmy-winning designer.

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Ryan Murphy Revisits His Indiana Roots With “The Prom”

The film, premiering next week on Netflix, may be his most ambitious project yet.

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The Vonnegut-Industrial Complex Has A Winning New Product

New books by and about the late Kurt Vonnegut keep coming, but the latest volume establishes something new about an old subject.

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Fun With Dick And Jane (In Clinton County)

Zerna Sharp never had kids of her own, but her children, as she called them—Dick, Jane, and Baby Sally—became American icons as the main characters of schoolbooks used across the nation. If you were in first grade in America between 1930 and 1970, you probably learned to read with Dick and Jane—who reached the height […]

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The Second Coming Of Bob Ross

With the world in chaos, the curators of a new exhibit about the kindly painter expect his everything-will-be-fine philosophy to appeal more than ever.

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