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  • The Ambassador of Good Fiction: ‘Devoted’ by Dean Koontz
    The Ambassador of Good Fiction: ‘Devoted’ by Dean Koontz
    “Devoted,” Dean Koontz’s latest bestselling novel, has several characters none of us would ever think to be avid readers, yet he writes of one of them: Bella could not live ...
    May 3, 2020BY Fred J. Eckert
  • ‘Little Women’: A Gem of American Literature
    ‘Little Women’: A Gem of American Literature
    Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” (1868) holds a unique place in the literary annals. It has enjoyed popularity ...
    May 3, 2020BY Susannah Pearce
  • Oedipus and the Plague: The Will to Endure
    Oedipus and the Plague: The Will to Endure
    Oedipus is one of the greatest heroes of Greek mythology—immortalized in what is generally considered the greatest of ...
    April 30, 2020BY James Sale
  • Book Clubs and the Blitz: How WWII Britons Kept Calm and Got Reading
    Book Clubs and the Blitz: How WWII Britons Kept Calm and Got Reading
    These are unprecedented times–but, even so, comparisons are being made to the World War II in terms of ...
    April 28, 2020BY The Conversation
  • Words to Live By: Fighting a Pandemic With Poetry
    Words to Live By: Fighting a Pandemic With Poetry
    “April,” poet T.S. Eliot once wrote, “is the cruelest month.” Certainly his words apply to April 2020. Though ...
    April 18, 2020BY Jeff Minick
  • Book Review: ‘Joanne Woodward: Her Life and Career’: A Talented Actress Seen Through Minutiae
    Book Review: ‘Joanne Woodward: Her Life and Career’: A Talented Actress Seen Through Minutiae
    For better or worse, actress Joanne Woodward (born Feb. 27, 1930) will always be linked with her late ...
    April 17, 2020BY Judd Hollander
  • On the 700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath
    On the 700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath
    When, long ago, the Roman Empire reached far and wide across Europe, there was one land where the ...
    April 16, 2020BY Evan Mantyk
  • Shakespeare and the Plague: What Do We Learn?
    Shakespeare and the Plague: What Do We Learn?
    Does anyone now remember what was highly significant in England, circa 1592–94? Or how about 1603–04? No? What ...
    April 13, 2020BY James Sale
  • Children’s Book Review: ‘Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson’
    Children’s Book Review: ‘Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson’
    A key element of any biography is the author's ability to truly capture the essence of the subject, ...
    April 7, 2020BY Judd Hollander
  • The Ambassador of Good Fiction: ‘Long Range’ by C.J. Box
    The Ambassador of Good Fiction: ‘Long Range’ by C.J. Box
    Why should you read a novel about a nice guy, good family man, Wyoming game warden who keeps ...
    April 6, 2020BY Fred J. Eckert
  • Book Review: ‘You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters’
    Book Review: ‘You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters’
    “Who listens to you?” Ask yourself that question and then answer it honestly. That question is what Kate ...
    March 30, 2020BY Linda Wiegenfeld
  • Children’s Books Reviews: Looking at the World With Different Eyes
    Children’s Books Reviews: Looking at the World With Different Eyes
    Although Rare Disease Day is relatively unknown, it’s worth taking time to think about, and it’s worth having ...
    February 25, 2020BY Linda Wiegenfeld
  • Comfort for the Living: Poetry and Death
    Comfort for the Living: Poetry and Death
    Poets, like the rest of us, have varying attitudes toward death. Some urge resignation, others rage; some point ...
    February 15, 2020BY Jeff Minick
  • Book Review: ‘The American Story: Conversations With Master Historians’
    Book Review: ‘The American Story: Conversations With Master Historians’
    It's 2020. Another year, another decade. As we contemplate the future, we can always look to the past ...
    February 9, 2020BY Linda Wiegenfeld
  • Dead Poet’s Society: Robert Burns and ‘Burns Night’
    Dead Poet’s Society: Robert Burns and ‘Burns Night’
    The old house was jammed and noisy, with people standing elbow to elbow in the bar, drinking beer, ...
    February 3, 2020BY Jeff Minick
  • A Mirror From Long Ago: The Pilgrims of ‘The Canterbury Tales’
    A Mirror From Long Ago: The Pilgrims of ‘The Canterbury Tales’
    On New Year’s Eve, four of my five siblings, their spouses, and I gathered to ring in 2020. ...
    January 21, 2020BY Jeff Minick
  • The Prince of Paradox: G.K. Chesterton and the Art of the Epigram
    The Prince of Paradox: G.K. Chesterton and the Art of the Epigram
    Born in 1874 in England, as an adult he stood 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed close ...
    January 15, 2020BY Jeff Minick
  • Celebrating America: The Poetry of Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét
    Celebrating America: The Poetry of Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét
    When I was around 9 or 10 years old, my family was visiting my mom’s parents, who operated ...
    January 9, 2020BY Jeff Minick
  • Book Review: ‘The Case Against Socialism’ 
    Book Review: ‘The Case Against Socialism’ 
    Socialism in America is on the rise. A recent Gallup poll found that 45 percent of young American ...
    January 3, 2020BY Linda Wiegenfeld
  • Cheers! A Literary Celebration of New Year’s
    Cheers! A Literary Celebration of New Year’s
    2020. Now there’s a number with some heft to it. It offers gravitas, sounding like an Army tank or ...
    December 30, 2019BY Jeff Minick
  • The Gods of the Copybook Headings: Revisiting Rudyard Kipling
    The Gods of the Copybook Headings: Revisiting Rudyard Kipling
    Sitting on my desk is a 776-page volume of poetry that will in 2021 become a hoary centenarian. ...
    December 20, 2019BY Jeff Minick
  • Some Lessons From ‘The Columbian Orator’
    Some Lessons From ‘The Columbian Orator’
    Though a history major in college and a disciple of Clio (the muse of history) ever since, I was ...
    December 17, 2019BY Jeff Minick
  • Lessons and Carols: Sir Gawain, a Green Knight, and Us
    Lessons and Carols: Sir Gawain, a Green Knight, and Us
    Many of us approach the holiday festivities with high expectations, rose-colored visions of the pleasures the festivities might ...
    December 16, 2019BY Jeff Minick
  • Cain and Abel: A Parable for Our Times
    Cain and Abel: A Parable for Our Times
    William Blake, in his poem "Auguries of Innocence," wrote: Some are born to sweet delight And some are ...
    December 5, 2019BY James Sale
  • The Making of a Poem: Courage, Strength, and Kung Fu
    The Making of a Poem: Courage, Strength, and Kung Fu
    In June, I had the pleasure of visiting New York and, courtesy of The Society of Classical Poets, ...
    November 21, 2019BY James Sale
  • Stone Walls, Iron Bars, Paper and Pens: A Look at Writers and Prisons
    Stone Walls, Iron Bars, Paper and Pens: A Look at Writers and Prisons
    For two years in the early 1990s, I taught adult basic education twice a week in a prison ...
    November 21, 2019BY Jeff Minick
  • Book Review:  ‘Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America’s Students’
    Book Review:  ‘Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America’s Students’
    On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High ...
    November 21, 2019BY Linda Wiegenfeld
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