For elementary school teacher, Monique Duncan, writing a book illustrating the remarkable ways enslaved Africans used hair styles to guide their way to freedom, was a dream come true.

The Odyssey” largely follows the plot of Homer’s original epic, but with increased emphasis on its female characters and the impact of wartime trauma.

Julian “Jaz” Rignall has been playing games for nearly 50 years, and writing about them for most of those. The former ...