Success comes in different forms and at different speeds to different people. For me, getting to success is a slow, turtle-tortu

Reading is supposed to be fun. Sometimes we read for information. Sometimes we want a different viewpoint. Sometimes we read for pure pleasu

o be “well-read” means to know a lot about multiple subjects because you’ve learned from multiple books in multiple genres about multiple ti

Chris Bohjalian's newest book is a book about a pathogen that starts a global pandemic. How does the simultaneous real-life pandemic affect

Lilacs and their fragrance are associated with the coming of spring and the beginning of new life. But they are also associated with death.

That one striking statistic — 500 unclaimed bodies — spoke of lost potential and wasted lives. The loss of so many people whose very existe

My dad was one of the most joyful people on the face of the Earth. He continually smiled, laughed and appreciated the simple — often overloo

If you take a deep breath, you’ll smell the beautiful perfume of the pages in Erica Bauermeister’s book, The Scent-Keeper.

Many of us want to write a book and then publish it with the hope that thousands — maybe millions of people (be still, my heart) — will read

April 13, 1909 is Eudora Welty's birthday. Welty is a Southern writer and Pulitzer-Prize winner for her novel, The Optimist's Daughter.

Jack London cut off the tip of thumb the same year he sold Call of the Wild.

Walking is good for your health, but also your mind. It makes you more creative by letting your mind wander. For me, poetry pours out when I

Porch-sitting is becoming popular again, a renewal of an old-time habit of connecting with people around you. All because of the Coronavirus

During the Coronavirus pandemic and our extended stay-at-home-orders, you may feel like you're losing your mind. Save your sanity with 5 tip

Right now, it’s the Coronavirus, but at other times it might be a major earthquake, a horrific tornado, or a massive tsunami. Personal trage

Hannah Beckerman's novel, If Only I Could Tell You, shows how easily a family can fall apart and how hard it is to put back together.

Lots of people jot down ideas in notebooks. But after you've jotted them down, can you find what you need when you need it? Indexing helps.

In these difficult times of Coronavirus, writers and poets can model themselves after the wisdom William Faulkner gave in his Nobel Prize sp

Music lifts us up during times of crisis as proven by the Italian balcony singers and the book, The Cellist of Sarajevo.