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From Ghost Stories to Gatekeeping: Millennials and the New Wave of Book Bans May. 11, 2025
Starting at about second grade, when the novelty of reading about a family of bears started to wear ... Read More
Who Can Hold a Candle to Trump's Amazingness? May. 03, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi recently congratulated President Donald Trump in a cabinet meeting, sayin... Read More
All Human Thought: Pre-AI Addition Mar. 28, 2025
In college, before becoming an English major — and therefore borderline unemployable —I ... Read More
Great Gifts for Literary Travelers Nov. 30, 2024
By Nicola Bridges Devouring travel books takes me to places I've never been and might not get to. I ... Read More
Spiritualists Find a Home in Cassadaga, Florida Oct. 05, 2024
By Victor Block As my wife, Fyllis, and I contemplated our visit to the tiny town of Cassadaga, Flor... Read More
It's Jonathan Franzen's Fault That I Don't Like Him Aug. 24, 2024
I hate Jonathan Franzen. I know, I know, he's a Great Author(TM). Super talented, apparently. But I ... Read More
The People You Meet, the Books You Read Mar. 13, 2024
The late humorist and master of salesmanship, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, said one of my favorite qu... Read More
Fame Is a Four-Letter Word Jan. 20, 2024
I've had a minuscule taste of fame lately, in the sense that some people know some things about me t... Read More
Buy My Book, but Read 'Candide' First Sep. 23, 2023
A collection of my columns, titled "Everything Is Going To Be OK (Until It's Not)," has recently bee... Read More
Back to School Brings Out Shopping Lists and Fundraisers, Too Aug. 24, 2023
Have I been sleeping in a cave for 100 years? It sure feels like it. I just read that as a nation, w... Read More
Ashcroft's Library-Censorship Rules Are Putting a Wall Between Teens and Books Jul. 21, 2023
It's difficult enough in the internet age to get kids interested in the joys of ink-on-paper books. ... Read More
Summer Reading List 2023: Books for When You Can't Focus Jun. 24, 2023
It's the briny armpit of another June. The presidential race already reeks like an abandoned diaper.... Read More
Why Not Write Your Life? Jun. 23, 2023
When I'm not writing columns or working on my books, I devote a lot of time to helping seniors commi... Read More
If 'Banned' Books Are Harmless, Joe Biden Should Read Them to Kids Jun. 16, 2023
Joe Biden recently hosted a Pride month event for families with LGBT kids on the White House South L... Read More
If Screenwriters Should Make More Money, Shouldn't Book Writers, Too? May. 31, 2023
Members of the Writers Guild of America, those people who write streaming series like Bridgerton, Te... Read More
Beach Blanket Book Suggestions May. 11, 2023
Summer awaits, and with it, beaches, and with them, reads. Here are the most anticipated titles of s... Read More
Legislature's Priorities Are To Prevent Diversity, Punish Libraries and Shortchange Teachers Apr. 06, 2023
Creating and approving the state budget is among the most fundamental duties that Missouri legislato... Read More
4 Ways to Get More Books for Your Bucks (and Vice Versa) Feb. 09, 2023
If you are an avid reader, you own a few books. OK, make that a lot of books. Some of your books yo... Read More
Read Your Boss Like a Book Feb. 09, 2023
Does your CEO know how to read? In the unlikely case that the answer is yes, you will want to pay a... Read More
Some Words Are Older Than You'd Think Dec. 14, 2022
What's the lowdown on the commuter with the nifty T-shirt? You might peg that sentence as a slice of... Read More
