Shakespeare-inspired works
Curated by: Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library April 23rd is Shakespeare Day. This day is believed to be the day ...
meet along the way: Mary Koeberl Rechenberg
By Mary Koeberl Rechenberg This story was first published in the January 2021 issue of “The Best Years (TBY).” Reading the Littl...
meet along the way: Mildred Wilson
By Kristin Thomas This story was first published in the March 2021 issue of “The Best Years (TBY).” Mildred Wilson of Sikeston, ...
meet along the way: Autumn Abernathy
This story first appeared in the May 2021 issue of “The Best Years (TBY).” Autumn Abernathy of Jackson was experiencing abnormal...
meet along the way: Melissa Scholes Young
This story was first published as “Examining Roots: Novel ‘The Hive’ set in Cape Girardeau” in the March 2022 issue ...
Get Your Finances in Order: 7 tips from an economist
Dr. Rebecca Summary is a professor emeritus at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. She taught principles of macroeconomic...
Starting a Business: 7 Tips from Laurie Everett
Interested in starting a business? We sat down with Laurie Everett, owner of Annie Laurie’s, the Indie House, Mother Earth and The D...
Love stories
Kayla Thompson, Adult Services, Cape Girardeau Public Library February is the month of love, but there are more ways than one to love a pers...
Spring 2022, “femininity:” from the editor
A four-year-old girl was running in circles, and her younger brother was following her. She was laughing, delighted, having so much fun; he ...