Kate Betterton‘s first novel, Where the Lake Becomes the River — set largely in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Era — won […]
Among the award recipients at this past weekend’s Kennedy Center Honors was dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp, maybe most widely
A native of Washington D.C. and now the director of the Creative Writing Program at Purdue University, Porter Shreve is
Ostriches bury their heads in the sand. In the midst of all the current publishing upheaval (explored elsewhere better than
…but I’ve been reading and rereading a few mystery stories about dogs recently — specifically the kind that don’t bark.
As part of my various jobs, I serve two large communities. In my home state of North Carolina, for example,
Margaret Maron is no stranger to awards. Her 1992 novel, Bootlegger’s Daughter, famously swept the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, and Macavity
…and best wishes for a great time over the long weekend. Please check back Monday when I’ll be posting an
The November 25th Washington Post carried an announcement that screenwriter John Michael Hayes had died on November 19. Hayes, 89, was the
Charles Ardai’s new novel, Fifty-to-One, marks a milestone in his career both as an author and as an editor. In
Mystery Writers of America announced yesterday its Grand Masters for 2009: James Lee Burke and Sue Grafton — the first
Three months into my own blog here, a friend sent me the article “Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So