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Elissa Washuta casts a spell in the alluring ‘White Magic’
The author and Ohio State creative writing professor will celebrate the release of her new memoir with a virtual event via Two Dollar Radio tonight
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White Magic opens, Elissa Washuta recounts purchasing a mood ring at the mall, describing the way the cheap trinket would change from black to green to orange on her finger, and how the those mysterious color shifts instilled in her a desire to explore magic and “bring change to the world using unseen forces.”
As the memoir unfolds, though, what emerges is a picture of how unseen forces bring change to the author, with a pivotal, post-sobriety breakup serving as the catalyst for a wellspring of self-discovery.
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Can data fix healthcare?
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Can data fix healthcare?
Not alone, but you might be able to make a lot of progress with the right data in the right hands. And that’s precisely what the startup we’re talking about today is up to.
The Exchange caught up with Terry Myerson and Lisa Gurry this week, the CEO and CMO of Truveta, a young company that wants to collect oodles of data from healthcare providers, anonymize it, aggregate it and make it available to third parties for research.
With support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Ohio arts organizations and poets were awarded $650,000 in federal grants for future community projects.
Twenty-nine state organizations received funding through NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects program, and three Ohio poets were selected among 35 total recipients of the Creative Writing Fellowships.
Donna Collins, executive director of the Ohio Arts Council, said this funding ensures organizations and artists of all creative practices are recognized for their contributions. More important, it allows them to put their dreams into action through the development of artistic projects, which will help magnify their community-focused efforts, she said.