Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon: An Appreciation

Brooke C. Stoddard takes a distant view of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire for the 2013 reader audience.

The Best Times

John Dos Passos’ memoir The Best Times is a readable pleasure using smell, sight and sound to delight readers with a sensory feast.

On Reading…

The gift that actually does keep on giving.

What I Learned at the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival

London, Austin, Decatur, Brooklyn.... Book Festivals are thriving everywhere. Surely, dear reader, there is a celebration of writers and books near you.

Writing About Others

Writing about real people is probably the No. 1 issue writers of personal stories, whether memoir, personal essay or newspaper column, worry about.

I Hear America Reading: A Fourth of July Ode

A literary reflection on Independence Day by Martha Toll.

Sergeant Erwin and the Blazing Bomb

Charged with emotion and heroics, this is the story of one soldier who went above and beyond the call of duty to serve and protect.

A Gatsby for Our Times?

Darrell Delamaide explains why he'll be sitting out on the latest Great Gatsby film.