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Wyoming-based mother and son duo published their first fiction novel, titled A Divided Mind, together back in 2019. The book largely centers around topics and impacts of mental health. Now, Mary Billiter and Kyle Thomas are back with a sequel and shared how they got started as well as why this was important to them. ....
5:38 As more people across the U.S. are getting vaccinated for COVID-19, talks of returning to normal are growing. This can look like attending concerts with friends to gatherings with family for holidays and traditional events. But this depiction of normalcy isn t the same for everybody. Mohammed Ahsanul is a Ph.D. student at the University of Wyoming, and was willing to risk everything to create their normal . This meant getting his family from Bangladesh to visit him in the U.S. under a pandemic, navigating health restrictions and the immigration system. Wyoming Public Radio s Naina Rao reports how they made it under incredibly challenging circumstances. ....
Originally published online in 2004, Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books that share the story of Greg Heffney, a teenage character, and his journal entries as he navigates middle school. When it was published into a print series in 2006, it became an instant bestseller across the world. Now, author Jeff Kinney is trying something different. His latest book, called Rowley Jefferson s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories, pivots to zombies, vampires, and ghosts. Kinney held a drive-thru book tour throughout the Mountain West region including stops in Casper and Rock Springs this month. Wyoming Public Radio s Naina Rao sat down with the author to talk about his new book, what inspired him to create this series, and the magnitude of success he s experienced with his work. ....
6:37 A Casper-based nonprofit, ART 321, is holding its first statewide conference aimed at addressing the health concerns of Wyoming residents through the arts. Wyoming has the highest youth incarceration rate and one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
But ART 321 plans to fight against those things using the arts. The conference is scheduled for May 20 to 22 in Casper. And Wyoming Public Radio s Naina Rao talked with the nonprofit s executive director, Tyler Cessor, about the need for a conference like this right now. Tyler Cessor: Everything that was a concern before the pandemic is only exacerbated now, right? So this is the first statewide effort to bring together a coalition of artists, health care providers, community service providers, anyone that is interested in improving the health outcomes of Wyoming residents through the arts. ....
A Casper-based non-profit, ART 321, is holding its first statewide conference aimed at addressing the health concerns of Wyoming residents through the arts. Wyoming has the highest youth incarceration rate and one of the highest suicide rates in the nation. But the Casper-based nonprofit, ART 321, plans to fight against it using the arts. Wyoming Public Radio s Naina Rao talks with the nonprofit s executive director, Tyler Cessor, about the need for a conference like this right now. The latest coronavirus relief package includes $20 billion for tribal governments a potentially transformative infusion of cash. But last year s aid roll-out to Indian Country was badly mismanaged and tribal leaders hope the Biden administration has learned from those mistakes. The Mountain West News Bureau s Savannah Maher reports. ....