Virtual Book Talk: The Last Nomad
Napa Bookmine Author Event // Shugri Said Salh – The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert On August 4, 2021, Napa Bookmine…
Keep readingVirtual Author Hour with Carol Edgarian
New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian and Holly Hubbard Preston discuss Carol’s latest novel, VERA, on Thursday, June 3rd 2021. This grand adventure set…
Keep readingGirl Growing
First published by online literary journal, Herstry. Elise is standing in front of her dresser mirror, a tangerine in one hand, a wad of Kleenex…
Keep readingBurned to the Bone
NPR-San Francisco Affiliate, KQED Radio Perspectives Series Affordable housing in the Napa Valley is as urgent a problem as it is elsewhere and this year’s…
Keep readingFormer St. Helenan treks across Norway, raises $1.07 million for PKU awareness
Holly Hubbard Preston for the St. Helena Star TRONDHEIM, Norway — Former St. Helena mother Alison Michaux Reynolds completed her nine-day trek across Norway at…
Keep readingCrossing for a Cure — Former St. Helena mother risks it all to raise funds for a rare disease
Holly Hubbard Preston for the St. Helena Star Of the many reasons a person might risk life and limb, fundraising isn’t usually one — unless…
Keep readingWhen Walls Fall
NPR-San Francisco Affiliate, KQED Radio Perspectives Series Walls – whether meant to keep people out or kept them in, separated and apart – have a…
Keep readingClara’s Sacrifice
KQED Radio Perspective Both Holly Hubbard Preston and her friend Clara are making sure their children get a higher education. But what Clara has sacrificed…
Keep readingActs of Grace
NPR-San Francisco Affiliate, KQED Radio Perspectives Series Northern California has been united in tragedy this past week. But it has also been united in something…
Keep readingSanchez brothers push through grueling Badwater ultramarathon
Holly Hubbard Preston For the St. Helena Star LONE PINE, California – Anyone who knows Juan and Federico Sanchez, St. Helena’s beloved “running men,” is…
Keep readingSelfless efforts by crewmembers vital to Badwater ultrarunners
Holly Hubbard Preston For the Napa Valley Register When Juan Sanchez crossed the finish line of the 30th annual STYR Labs Badwater 135 ultramarathon, he…
Keep readingA Name. A Life.
NPR-San Francisco Affiliate, KQED Radio Perspectives Series I was walking my dog last week past our local cemetery when I saw a block of black…
Keep readingEmbracing Mortality
NPR-San Francisco Affiliate, KQED Radio Perspectives Series Mortality gets a bad rap. So many people I know fear it, wish it weren’t so. Not me.…
Keep readingCaptured and Lost — Storied Aleppo
It’s a Wednesday morning in mid-December. I sit eating breakfast alone at my kitchen table, listening to the news while glancing at the day’s headlines…
Keep readingWretched but Welcome — Holding Lady Liberty to Account
Nearly two decades ago I accompanied a friend to the remote village in Southern Mexico where she’d grown up. At 17, Graciela crossed illegally into…
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