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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

HIGH PROFILE: Jo Garot McDougall, poet laureate of Arkansas

Writers don't generally emerge out of a domestic life on a farm dominated by the daily tasks of raising children and keeping house ... and writing were all around McDougall as she grew up. "My mother ... read more

Judith Kerr: Writer and illustrator best known for ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’

The latter, autobiographical story, unforgettably describes the 20-century refugee experience as reflected in the life of one person. Although she never shirked from the truth, her book was ... down ... read more

In a lifetime of words, Rob Hiaasen wrote for his children in journals and for his community in newspapers

... he ever write a book? Would he write for a national magazine? What would he write about? “I’ll be writing something, somewhere, all of my life,” Hiaasen wrote. “Destiny, I suppose. Part of me ... read more

The Key to Writing a Mystery Is Asking the Perfect Question

It’s a beautiful house with ... author of 16 other books, and includes among his honors PEN Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He spoke to me by phone. John Rechy: When I was invited to conduct ... read more

Stories to last a lifetime: Notable Nebraskans share accounts of their favorite childhood books

Books ... reading. I pored through the pages until I had to go to bed, where I promptly turned on my bedside light and continued reading. I had always enjoyed reading, but this was the first time I ... read more

All about my father: inheriting a lifetime’s collection of books

The books kept coming, usually second-hand finds, and they quickly began to outstrip the capacity of our small terraced house. When he moved ... too rarely read. Heathcote’s father at work in a ... read more

Ten rules for writing fiction

I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had to stop reading and go to the ... I have a character in one of my books tell how she used to write historical ... read more

The Right Way to Remember Rachel Carson

The house ... finishing reading and that the book was “a brilliant achievement.” He said, “You have made it literature, full of beauty and loveliness and depth of feeling.” Carson, who had been quite ... read more

How to Write a Best-Selling Feminist Book

Would you write an essay for our book for free? It's time for you to join the revolution. Read ... ES Magazine to write up interviews with you. Thank them by hosting an exclusive "women in media" ... read more

There’s No Substitute for Print

This period was the high-water mark of a lifetime ... of newspaper reading. To the well-wired mind, the newspaper might seem intolerably limiting. A screen is many things all at once or in quick ... read more

Robert A. Caro, Private Eye

At 83, in book after book and now ... Most good reporters I know have a full quiver of “whys?” but Caro is insatiable. He is incapable of dispensing bromides. As a newspaper reporter, he came to hate ... read more