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Welcome to Our August Interview Series, Allison! Allison, it is genuinely wonderful to welcome you back to our interview series. We still remember our last conversation with you, where you shared your story with such honesty, courage, and warmth. Your journey, your advocacy, and the way you spoke about creating a better world for neurodivergent... The post An Interview with Allison Bruning on Tra…

About Author: AnneMarie is the award-winning author of Drifters Realm, Mirror Tree, and Brave Falls, receiving the Literary Titan Gold Book Award, Story Monsters Seal of Approval, Story Monsters Purple Dragonfly Book Award-1st Place, The Golden Wizard Book Prize, and the 2024 Feathered Quill Book Awards Finalist. Annemarie Mazotti Gouveia’s fourth book, HalLows Realm was... The post Author Interv…

Students, researchers, faculty members, and scholars working in sociology and related social sciences to submit abstracts for an upcoming joint open session at the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, to be held from July 4–10, 2027, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. The session is sponsored jointly by RC20 Comparative Sociology and RC02 Economy and Society of the International Sociological Associat…

Welcome once again to our interview series with Bonnie Frankel. We are truly happy to continue this conversation after the positive response and meaningful engagement received from the first interview. Your experiences and insights on wellbeing, movement, and personal discipline inspired many readers. For this second part, we would like to focus on some of... The post Interview with Bonnie Franke…

About: Susan Rubin has been writing and producing plays for 20 years. Her work has been performed in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, and Cuba, and her works have been produced at the New York Theater Workshop, Baltimore Center Stage, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, where she was in residence for 6 years,... The post An Interview with Susan Rubin: Stories, Feminism & The Road Not …

BIO: Dr. Christopher Cortman has facilitated over 80,000 hours of psychotherapy during his distinguished career spanning forty years. A Florida licensed psychologist, he maintains a thriving private practice while specializing in emotional trauma and anxiety disorders. He’s appeared nationwide on talk radio and television. The acclaimed author of five previous books, his new book, The... The post…

About: Teresa S. Navas is an expert in bilingual education and English as a Second Language and has taught in the U.S. school system for more than 20 years. Her work has consisted of serving Hispanic and English as a Second Language students at all grade levels: elementary, middle school and high school. Over the... The post Exclusive Interview: Teresa S. Navas on Education, Community, and Family…

About : Dr. Joy S. Pedersen is a Doctor of Divinity, Licensed Spiritual Healer, Certified Spiritual Health Coach, speaker, author, and founder of Joy of Spirituality™. Through her healing and coaching work, she helps individuals identify and clear hidden emotional, energetic, and spiritual blocks so they can experience greater peace, love, success, abundance, and overall... The post An Interview …

Welcome to our interview series, Julia Gracey, and congratulations on the release of your book Oops… Sometimes I Lose My Mind: Anecdotes from the Classroom. Your book offers a deeply honest look into the emotional realities of teaching, childhood behavior, trust, and growth inside the classroom. We are excited to learn more about your journey... The post Author Interview: Oops… Sometimes I Lose M…

There are books that entertain for a few hours and then quietly fade from memory. Dance of the Phoenix Book 2 wasn’t that kind of reading experience for me. What stayed behind after I finished wasn’t a particular scene or dramatic moment, but a feeling, a lingering sense of hope, reflection, and emotional honesty that... The post Book Review: Dance of the Phoenix Book 2 by Wilson Semitti appeared…

I finished One Fool’s Gold with that strange feeling you get when you leave behind a place you never actually lived in. The book stayed with me for a while afterward, not because of dramatic twists or shocking moments, but because of the people. They felt real. Their hopes felt real. Even their mistakes felt... The post Book Review | One Fool’s Gold by Mark Howen appeared first on Sociology Group…

Welcome to our interview series, Raven Howell! It’s a pleasure to have you with us. With more than three decades in children’s literature, your work as an author, interviewer, and storyteller has inspired readers of all ages. From thoughtful conversations with celebrated creators to your support for indie publishing and meaningful children’s stories, your journey... The post Championing Stories T…

Welcome to our interview series, Wilson Semitti. Congratulations on the success of your first book, Dance of The Phoenix, and on the release of Dance of The Phoenix Book 2. We are delighted to have you with us and look forward to exploring the thoughts, emotions, and journey behind this new chapter. In Dance of... The post Author Interview: Wilson Semitti on Dance of The Phoenix Book 2 appeared f…

About: Mark Howen is the author of One Fool’s Gold, Requiem For The Rooster, and The Inherent Dangers in Digging up the Family Tree. His novels explore family, memory, loss, identity, and the ways the past continues to shape our lives. Inspired in part by questions about his own family history, Mark writes deeply human... The post Author Interview: Mark Howen on One Fool’s Gold appeared first on …

About: Umar Siddiqui is an author, essayist, and creative thinker whose work explores themes of creativity, mental health, connection, fashion, music, identity, and personal growth. He is the author of Inventing Your Exit, a unique collection that combines playlists, essays, and poetry to encourage readers to look within, embrace creativity, and take an active role... The post Author Interview: U…

When you become a sociology nerd, or when you have been studying sociology for a very long time, you stop seeing society the way ordinary people do. You begin looking at the structures of society through a sociological lens of your own. You become obsessed with questioning things that most people never even notice. You... The post The Uncomfortable Awakening: What happens when You become a Sociol…

Sometimes the internet brings us moments of joy, whimsy and hilarity, like a bird with a worm. These unplanned and unintentional moments resonate with people for they share a common thread: the unmistakable follies of humanness. A lawyer in an online civil forfeiture hearing during the pandemic accidentally put on a cat filter and couldn’t... The post Digital Misogyny and AI Humour: Who Is laughi…

About the Authors of God, Science, the Evidence: Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies are authors who explore the relationship between science, reason, and faith. Bolloré is an engineer and business scholar with a strong interest in philosophical questions, while Bonnassies, a graduate of École Polytechnique, is an entrepreneur who later pursued theology after moving from... The post Interv…

About: Brigitte M. Volltrauer Shipman is a mother of two adult sons, an author, speaker, and a certified Martha Beck Life Coach with a Master’s Degree in Education. Her journey began over 30 years ago when her son, Joseph, was diagnosed with autism. Like many mothers, she initially experienced heartbreak, fear, and uncertainty about the... The post An Interview with Brigitte M. Volltrauer Shipman…

Welcome to our interview series, Maria. We’re delighted to have you with us. As a lifelong singer-songwriter and artist, when did you first realize that creativity was essential to who you are? I realized at a young age that creativity was essential to who I am. Perhaps until adulthood it served me as a way... The post An Interview with Maria: Empowering Lives Through Art and Expression appeared …