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Amy Carol Reeves is a mother, writer, and professor. The mother of 9-year-old, Atticus, 7-year-old, Amelia, and 3-month-old, Tennyson, Amy’s house is rarely clean or quiet. Occasionally, she can find matching pairs of socks. While earning a PhD in nineteenth-century British literature, Amy developed a morbid interest in the Jack the Ripper murders in Victorian London. Although it’s still a cold case for her, she has published a young adult trilogy based on the murders. The series includes: Ripper (Flux 2012), Renegade (Flux 2013), and Resurrection (Flux 2014). Apart from writing, she works as an Assistant Professor of English at Columbia College. When not teaching or writing, she spends time with her husband Shawn and three children. For fun, she likes to binge watch Dr. Who, jog with her lab Annie, practice yoga, and drink too much coffee. She maintains a personal website, www.amycarolreeves.com, and can be followed on Facebook (Amy Carol Reeves) and Twitter (@AmyCarolReeves ).

Don’t Let Summer Reading End with Summer

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If your family is anything like mine ... summertime equals binge-reading time! In May my 9-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter always sign up for our library’s summer reading program and spend the next couple...

Nursing Strikes :: They Can Happen to You!

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I breastfed each of my older two children for the first year of their life, so I certainly wasn’t a nursing newbie with my third baby. The easiest nursing times were when my babies...

Going from Two to Three…

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After having two children, my husband, Shawn, and I debated whether or not to have a third baby. For a few years, it wasn’t an option. After all, my son, Atticus, and daughter, Amelia, were...

Best Ice Cream Places in Columbia

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For my family, summertime means ice cream time! Fortunately, Columbia has several cool ice cream and dessert places. Scoopy Doo Gelato Shop A cute little gelato shop in Five Points, Scoopy Doo has a lot to...

Beyond Christian Grey :: Great Summer Book Boyfriends for 2015

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I’m a writer and professor and admittedly a teeny bit of a book worm. At the beginning of every summer, I put binge-reading on my list of summer activities right up there with hanging...

5 Things NOT to Say to Someone with Food Allergies

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#1. “It’s a lifestyle.” Granted a particular diet might be a lifestyle choice. Some people choose to be vegetarians or vegans. I choose, as much as possible, not to buy or eat factory farmed meat....

Book Review :: Elisa Albert’s After Birth is Brilliant, Edgy, Honest

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I haven’t experienced such a raw, authentic account of new motherhood since reading Sylvia Plath’s “Berck-Plage”: “I am not a smile. / These children are after something, with hooks and cries, / And my...

Gluten-Free Easter Treats

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Ah…Easter is approaching, and as with every holiday, it’s an excuse to indulge my sweet tooth a bit. Unfortunately, with gluten issues, I can’t just grab every slice of bunny cake that comes my...

Nurser’s Neck (or reason 101 why breastfeeding can suck)

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I’m from a long line of dairy queens — my grandmother breastfed all ten of her children. My mother nursed me and my three siblings for the first year of each of our lives....