Indianapolis Woman C. E. Publishing launched Indianapolis Woman in September 1984. Publishers Connie Rosenthal and Linda Eder created the magazine for women with a wide variety of interests. The magazine profiled an… Read More »Indianapolis Woman
Indy’s Child Indy’s Child was started in 1984 “to make parenting easier in Indianapolis.” The magazine, owned by Barbara S. Wynne, well-known for her youth tennis programs, is issued monthly. Her daughter… Read More »Indy’s Child
The Locomotive On August 16, 1845, Daniel B. Culley, John H. Ohr, and David R. Elder printed the first copy of The Locomotive. Financial problems plagued the paper and forced the owners… Read More »The Locomotive
The Magnificent Ambersons The Magnificent Ambersons was the second work in Indianapolis author Newton Booth Tarkington’s Growth, a trilogy of novels that also included The Turmoil (1914) and The Midlander (1924). The three novels… Read More »The Magnificent Ambersons
McCarthy’s List McCarthy’s List (1979) is a comic novel by Indianapolis native and New York Times bestselling author Mary Mackey. It tells the story of Rinda Sue McCarthy, born in Indianapolis, at… Read More »McCarthy’s List
National Enquirer J. Frank Hanly, former Indiana governor and strong prohibition supporter, organized and published the Enquirer beginning in 1915. The weekly publication, using the motto “Truth without Fear,” focused primarily on… Read More »National Enquirer
NUVO NUVO was a free alternative weekly publication distributed widely throughout Indianapolis and the metro area. It ceased print publication in 2019 and became a monthly digital magazine. The first print… Read More »NUVO
Palm Sunday Palm Sunday, subtitled An Autobiographical Collage (1981), is a collection of essays, letters, speeches, reviews, and fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, perhaps the best-known Indianapolis author of the mid-to-late 20th century. Throughout… Read More »Palm Sunday
Peanut Butter Press The Peanut Butter Press (PBP) was a newspaper written by children in grades five and six for children ages 7 through 13. It appeared as a 12-page tabloid insert in… Read More »Peanut Butter Press
Penrod Indianapolis Pulitzer-prize-winning author Booth Tarkington based his juvenile Penrod stories, in part, upon his own experiences growing up in Indianapolis. First serialized in magazines in 1913, the stories were collected… Read More »Penrod
