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A lifetime of reading and writing is reflected in house full of books, magazines, newspapers

I’ve known about it for some time, of course, this affliction of mine. Until now, it was easier to hide along the way—in the backyard storage, in the garage or in the closets of my home with its four ... read more

Mike Rowe’s mom Peggy on bridging family differences with love, laughs, and faith

But Peggy has become a celebrity in her own right, thanks to her warmth, humor and writing talent ... has been a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines since 2002, proving that you can ... read more

Mary Frances Early: A life of quiet courage and great accomplishment

Morehead said, “Ms. Early has lived a full life of service and ... in her a passion for books and reading. “I was a nerd,” Early said with a laugh. “I loved reading because of my mom. She read newspap... read more

Everybody get down(time): A plea for respite from an overstimulated world

Before the dawn of this too-much-information age, daily newspapers, weekly news magazines like Time and Newsweek ... As English teachers, we did a great deal of reading and writing, activities that re... read more

15 Facts About Kate Chopin's The Awakening

From there, Chopin began writing for well-known magazines, and published more than 100 short stories and essays in Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Youth's Companion. Her next tw... read more

500 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing

Now, five years later, we’ve collected 500 of them that invite narrative and personal writing and pulled them all together in one place (available here as a PDF). The categorized list below touches on ... read more

Lessons Culled From 31 Self-Help Books

Eliminate reading magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, nonfiction books (except for his ... for example, writing a letter to that future you. • See bad dates the way you see bad weather. Natural parts o... read more

The Romantics and the Opium-Eater

At 16, De Quincey, still high on the experience of reading ... books and papers to the degree that they became uninhabitable, then move someplace new. He was often severely broke, at one point writing ... read more

Byliner Launches With A Splash, Aims To Disrupt Long-Form Journalism

Singles– as Amazon calls them– are like books, but meant to be read in a two-hour sitting, delivered quickly and electronically without the usual publishing house lags ... filled with back-catalogs of ... read more

A Year Without Ned Vizzini: Brilliant YA Author, 'Teen Wolf' Writer, And My Best Friend

the central message of which was: “The media present adolescence as hell on earth, chock full of evil cliques … domineering parents and wrenching decisions that will determine the rest of your life .. ... read more

The Sweetest Debut: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib on ‘The Wire’, Zora Neale Hurston, and Kendrick Lamar

His poems vary in form but are united by the sense of place, touching on race, family, friendship and community, and are full ... life of the writing. She existed for both everyone and no one. When sh... read more

His Heart, My Sleeve: Writing About My Brother

A dozen years later when I was talking with my literary agent about Robert, my agent asked if I’d ever considered writing a nonfiction book about my brother’s life. By this time I’d been Robert’s full ... read more