Front & Center: John Green
If the soreness of one's writing hand is a gauge of literary success, Indy-based novelist John Green is on a tear. He recently inscribed every copy of his new young-adult book, The Fault in Our Stars (Dutton Juvenile), out this month, and needed steroid treatments to sign all 150,000 autographs. "When I did a bad one, I wrote a secret URL on the page that takes you to a video of me apologizing for the bad signature," says the 34-year-old, who has a huge fan base online. Half a million people subscribe to his YouTube channel, Vlogbrothers, on which Green and his brother Hank do stuff like perform Star Trek parody songs and discuss the travails of the writing process. Like Twihards and Gleeks, their fans even have a nickname: Nerdfighters.
Comedy Central Show Parodies DePauw University
The episode featured scientist Percy Julian but focused on his struggles with the campus's treatment of black students rather than his academic success.
Open Door: My Radio Studio
Indy 500 correspondent and WJJK Classic Rock Queen Laura Steele let us into the broadcasting hub of her Carmel home.
Locally Written By Brandon Presser, Tom Hanks–Approved
International adventurer and travel writer Brandon Presser, who recently moved to Indy, has a new book out with an endorsement from America’s Dad.
Mayor Pete and Me
Contributor Adam Wren reflects on covering the presidential run of Pete Buttigieg, from the first hours of the campaign to its final ones.
Avani Gregg, Indiana’s Biggest Social Media Star, Publishes Her Autobiography
Backstory: My Life So Far drops this month.
‘At Home with Ernie Pyle’: An Excerpt
Compiling his writings about the state for the first time, a new book reveals just how important those Hoosier ties were to Pyle.
Mystery Mike, Rare Book Dealer
“You can cheat people blind if you want to,” Mike Bursaw says. “But how do you look in the mirror if you do that kind of stuff?”