P.D. James Farewell – A Terrific Collection of Short Stories To fans who have enjoyed – no, loved – P.D. James’ novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh, a Scotland Yard investigator who also [...] January 20, 2018
The Last Neanderthal – Fresh Insight into a Lost Race They didn’t think as much about what was different. Homo Neanderthalis. A race of archaic humans who roamed the earth for 200,000 years [...] January 8, 2018
Neil Simon’s Memoirs: Rewrites and The Play Goes On If you’re unfamiliar with the name Neil Simon, it seems clear you’ve regularly attended neither theater nor film, have an aversion to [...] January 6, 2018
David Ignatius’ The Quantum Spy Washington Post columnist and Morning Joe regular David Ignatius also finds time to write novels, including Body of Lies which was made [...] January 2, 2018
The Life We Bury – Clearing an Innocent Man For a college English class, Joe Talbert has to interview an elderly person and write a biography. Unfortunately, most of the residents at [...] December 30, 2017
Poet’s Corner: Christmastime Christmastime, a shine we know: Glistening hearts; Glistening snow; Palms for some, To swing and sway; It’s how we wake To Christmas day. [...] December 24, 2017
Brooding YA Hero – Becoming a Main Character (Almost) As Awesome As Me I am the brooding hero found in all your favorite books, from that lush, dramatic fantasy you adored, to the contemporary, swoony romance [...] December 12, 2017
Prairie Fires – The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Wilder was not a historian…Her depiction of the West was drawn less from newspapers or encyclopedias than from her inner life. It [...] December 11, 2017