Kate Betterton‘s first novel, Where the Lake Becomes the River — set largely in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Era — won […]
As part of my various jobs, I serve two large communities. In my home state of North Carolina, for example,
Three months into my own blog here, a friend sent me the article “Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So
A brief quote for Election Day — from William James’ “The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life,” first presented as an
Early reviews are already being posted for Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond film due on November 14, in
Friend, colleague and fine writer Helon Habila won the top honor in fiction at the 11th annual Library of Virginia
When Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio was named this year’s Nobel Laureate in Literature yesterday, I had to go to Wikipedia to
On Tuesday, October 7, I was among a far-too-small audience for “Books — Before and Beyond: Publishing in the 21st
Well… almost. I’ve still got two articles to finish writing before I can reward myself with reading Roth’s latest, Indignation
The closing of Olsson’s Books earlier this week marks a sad footnote in current economic woes and a sad chapter in
On the heels of one of yesterday’s posts, a quick plug for two great books here. In writing my article
On Thursday night, my friend Kyle — a fine fiction writer and now an accomplished translator as well — was