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Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.7.2026
The Ballet According to Me (And That's the
Problem)
I went to the ballet.
Research
4.6.2026
The Gift of Archival
Teaching
2025 Marian Fellow Teresa Saxton uses archives in the classroom because “they inspire curiosity to know more but also ask us to grapple with what we cannot know.”
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.6.2026
Boogie
Woogie
Can someone please tell me what is with the music playing in public restrooms? Why does someone think we are afraid of silence while we pee?
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.3.2026
The Sounds of
Silence
This past weekend, I attended the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. I’ve been married for close to 30 years, and it’s been a minute since I stayed at a hotel all by myself for three whole nights.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.2.2026
Courage, Confidence, Comedy,
Cancer
Rhonda Havig calls this essay her "love letter to the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop." When she read it at "Erma After Dark," an open mic night at the spring workshop, she received a spontaneous, long standing ovation.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.1.2026
Humor Writer of the Month: Keri
Janton
A longtime admirer of writers like Erma Bombeck, Nora Ephron and Rick Bragg, Keri Janton writes about everyday life with humor and heart. She's our Humor Writer of the Month for April.
Libraries
3.31.2026
April Cultural Heritage Month
Celebrations
Recommended reading about the common struggles, unique achievements, rich and varied cultural backgrounds and shared experiences of Arab American communities, as well as Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
3.31.2026
Erma and I Were
Photobombed!
Whoever photobombed Erma and me at the 2026 “Woodstock of Humor,” on the Dayton Riviera, doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
3.31.2026
Message Received: The Erma
Story
As I left the Richmond airport, two weeks ago, my phone pinged announcing a voicemail that had been received while I was in the air.
Libraries
3.30.2026
Painting a
Legacy
Celebrate local women’s history with Dayton artist Martha K. Schauer ’41.