Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, discusses his new stand-alone, all ages book, Poison for Breakfast. Unl...

Even outside of his native Kansas City, Evan S. Connell is regarded as a modern master in literary circles. However, until now no one has written e...

Drawing from her bestselling book The Sum of Us, strategist and political commentator Heather McGhee examin...

“Everything can’t be the most important thing.” Using her own storie...

Inger Burnett-Zeigler counts herself among the many today who wear the badge of strong Black woman with honor. All too often, the estee...

Even among the iconic frontiersmen of the American West, Jim Bridger stands out as larger than life.  Born in 1804 and orphaned at 1...

Pay attention, scientists say. The deadly winter storm that pummeled Texas last month is the latest warning on the impact of climate change.  ...

They came from different neighborhoods and ran with rival gangs on Chicago’s West Side. Improbably, the group of young men found promise and common...

From Huckleberry Finn to Harry Potter. From The Great Gatsby to The Giving Tree. For a...

Stephanie Powell Watts' first novel is a story about the things in our past that haunt us, that continue to call and constrain us from movin...