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Articles Submitted By Blake

Home, Health, & Humor

Published November 29, 2020 Submitted by: Blake

Make the most of time spent at home. With self-care, home improvement, food, or laughter--end the year with some comfort. We've earned it.

Books & Authors

On Plagues

Published July 12, 2020 Submitted by: Blake

Whether it's the Black Death, COVID-19, or any pandemic in between; plagues have always had the worst impact on marginalized people, and we ignore them at our own peril. This collection of plague narratives--both real and fictionalized--is sure to educate, thrill, and remind us of those universal truths.