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Michael Loynd’s “The Watermen” digs into the early days of Olympic swimming.

Webster Groves got a black eye from "16 in Webster Groves" — but author Don Corrigan says the municipality learned from its moment in the national spotlight.

St. Louis author Gabe Montesanti details in her new memoir how roller derby helped her come to terms with the trauma of her childhood and find a new way to live.

Ben Westhoff was paired with Jorell Cleveland through Big Brothers Big Sisters in St. Louis. Eleven years later, Cleveland was murdered.

St. Louis-based poet Jason Sommer’s book “Shmuel’s Bridge” explores his father’s experience surviving the Holocaust — and that of an uncle who died just outside Auschwitz.

Wash U professor John Hendrix depicts the Holy Spirit as a friendly blue ghost in his new graphic novel.

Dana Levin’s new book, “Now Do You Know Where You Are,” contains poems set in and around St. Louis, where she now lives.

Teachers PJ and Jamie Creek put their classroom knowledge to work creating posters, and now authoring a book, about American history.

The Irish immigrants who flocked to St. Louis in the 19th and 20th centuries faced prejudice and violence — but in many cases also found good fortune.

Carl Phillips’ new book includes both new material and selected poems from 2007 to 2020.