Samantha Irby talks ‘Meaty’
According to Beyoncé's song "Me, Myself & I," this is how the pop star deals with a breakup: "I realized I got/ Me, myself and I/ That's all I got...
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Laura Krughoff discusses novel ‘My Brother’s Name’
Young love is often dramatic, engrossing, fleeting, explosive and complicated. Jane Fields, however, has a particularly labyrinthine case of puppy love. Fields, the fictional protagonist in Laura Krughoff's debut novel,...
Derek Sherman on ‘Race Across the Sky’
As a creative director at Cramer-Krasselt (think Don Draper without the booze or cigarettes), Derek Sherman must get into people's heads. It's his job to figure out what makes people...
‘Boardwalk Empire’s’ Capone is … a family man?
Al Capone, arguably the most famous gangster ever, has grown into a mythic figure, a sort of cigar-chomping, fedora-wearing, machine gun-wielding, vicious, ruthless monster. To Deirdre Marie Capone, he was...
Which books did Mayor Rahm Emanuel read this summer?
In the world of book publishing, summer is generally a time for "beach reads," fun, lighter books that readers can jump in and out of while splashing through the surf...
Which books did Mayor Rahm Emanuel read this summer?
In the world of book publishing, summer is generally a time for "beach reads," fun, lighter books that readers can jump in and out of while splashing through the surf...
Lacy Crawford: Application whisperer
During the fall semester of his senior year in 2005, Matt was pouring his heart into one of the most important papers of his life: His college admission essay. The...
Whispersync for Voice connects e-books and audiobooks
Whispersync for Voice is a literary lifesaver for commuters who can't put down that new best-seller. The program connects a Kindle e-book with an Audible audiobook. It allows you to...
Janice Deal talks about ‘The Decline of Pigeons’
Janice Deal, 49, is a late bloomer. She learned to knit months ago, tried sushi for the first time last year, taught herself how to play the harmonica when she...
Enter Children’s Read & Write Program
The summer may be drawing to a close, but there's still reading time left for children ages 5-16 to submit book reviews to our annual Children's Read & Write Program....