Culture

There is a version of Steven “Pappy” Strong that most people never get to meet. The Book Trap had that conversation exclusively, sitting poolside with Pappy to talk about where he’s been, what it cost him, what almost took him out for good, and the publishing house he’s now building from the ground up. What we found was a man who has earned every word of his story, and is finally in a position to tell it on his own terms.

Wallace speaks to students at Beaumont High School in Beaumont, CA. For many young people, the foster care system is designed to manage risk not unlock potential. For Dwayne Wallace , it became something else entirely: a system he learned to navigate, challenge, and ultimately outgrow. Wallace’s journey, from foster care to Division I football, from overlooked student to Cal Berkeley graduate, is the foundation of his book, Don’t Let the System Beat You . First published in

Right now, across the world, people are waking up unsure of what version of their country they’re living in. Borders feel unstable. The truth feels like something that's up for debate. And History, something that once seemed fixed, is suddenly starting to look like propaganda and lies. With governments collapsing and others choosing what is shared in school and what is destroyed, how confident are we in the part of the story we are currently playing? Entire cultures are being

You're not going to like what I have to say, but I'm used to being the one to address the elephant in the room. Just Charge it to the Game, face the facts, and let's agree to do better, because your refusal to talk about domestic violence is exactly why it keeps getting worse. When I was going through it, the statistic everyone quoted was one in four women. Now, depending on the data set, the conversations, and the spaces you’re in, we’re hearing numbers closer to one in thre

Serial entrepreneur William Moxey is standing in front of his next rehab project with his debut novel, My Hustle Went Public . By: Keaidy Bennett | Best-Selling Author & Publicist In response to growing pressure on small business owners to master visibility, strategy, and sustainability all at once, William Moxey has officially launched The Challenge, a Central Florida–based community initiative tied to his newly released book My Hustle Went Public. Announced this month an