The Misread City

EVEN when someone has hit their 80s, it can be hard to think of them disappearing if they're as ornery and vital as Maurice Sendak. Famo...

IF you’re the kind of grownup who enjoys smart, well-drawn children’s novels, you might be as excited as I am to hear the Brian Selznick ha...

WHEN world-class ski champion and hollywood film producer frank beddor approached me about his book project a couple years back, i wasnt sur...

ONE of the fascinating things about literature -- especially popular literature -- is the way it tracks the contours of the society that pro...

TODAY i'm wishing a happy 105th to one of the greatest writers this country has known, and one i've come to appreciate more as i...

Amazing amount of excitement, anticipation, and i expect resentment and suppressed fear right now around the obama inauguration ... i will t...