School Supplies

What I’m reading as a new year gets underway

The Four Tops

A handful of terrific recent reads

Sharing a Good Word

When writers have to ask for praise.

An Artist’s Song(book)

What Alejandro Escovedo reads on the road

Back-to-School Reading

The semester looming, I immerse myself in books

Tim Kaine and Me

Can a Jesuit education help bridge the partisan divide?

The Devil’s Bookshelf

A searing reading list for devastating times

Probing for the Empathy Bone

After a friend is murdered, the author glares at her novel-in-progress and thinks, “What’s the point?”