There’s a great wave of enchantment for things Italian washing over America. Immersed deeply in it are Sanders and her husband, Walter. Sanders, an American cook and food writer lovesick for Italy, has found that “I don’t need to... Read More

Few people who were dancing and romancing in 1956 to Johnnie Ray’s new hit, “Just Walkin’ in the Rain,” realized that the song had been co-written and first recorded three years earlier by a black man still serving a life... Read More

Searching through one of her old notebooks for short story ideas, Lucy Maud Montgomery found this scribbled note: “Elderly couple apply to orphan asylum for a boy. By mistake a girl is sent them.” From Huckleberry Finn to Harry... Read More

At first glance, Chris and Tori are easily passable for the stereotypes they assign to each other. To dismiss, however, either of these characters or this novel as stereotypical or underdeveloped would be a mistake. McKeever’s novel of... Read More

“Looking back became a learning experience,” reflects Coleman, “I finally found my voice… [and] am beginning to use it.” The author is referencing that special voice within people which, if tended to, is capable of summoning... Read More

Combine the brevity of William Carlos Williams with the poetic leaps of Emily Dickinson, add a tough, yet passionate voice, and the result could be close to Frym’s fourth poetry collection, Homeless at Home. From the Dickinson poem... Read More

Igniting the masses in conflict, the emergence of cremation as a death rite has consumed the last century of American history in flames of debate and plumes of literary metaphor. Yet, with growing acceptance of cremation, the rigid... Read More

“Very well then—he would travel. Not all that far, not quite to where the tigers were.” This quote from Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice might describe Meredith, except that he has traveled far indeed—from the United States to... Read More