Regulating and liberating speech around the world

Published on: 6th February, 2017

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Race and poverty at school

Published on: 22nd December, 2016

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The new battleground for voting rights

Published on: 30th November, 2016

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The dope on a gangster's confession

Published on: 22nd November, 2016

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Being Mortal

Published on: 18th October, 2016

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Melissa Brenneman

Melissa listens to hours of podcasts on most days. She started the habit with the intention of taking long walks, but podcasts proved to be more addicting than exercise. She records, edits and mixes podcasts for the library.

Alan May

Alan May works as a librarian at Lawson McGhee Library. In his spare time, he reads and writes poetry. May's fourth book, Derelict Days in That Derelict Town: New and Uncollected Poems, was published through BlazeVOX Books in 2025. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama, where he served as Poetry Editor for The Black Warrior Review. His poetry has appeared in The New Orleans Review, The New York Quarterly, The Hollins Critic, The Idaho Review, Plume, The Hong Kong Review, and others.