The author had resided on Cape Cod for years in admiration of the famous nature writer John Hay, who lived up the hill from him. Despite Gessner’s previous publications—<I<Sick of Nature and Return of the Osprey, among... Read More

It all started out as a joke. A local sports columnist in Bloomington, Indiana had hoped to get people amped up about bringing a minor-league baseball team to town someday. But that joke turned into a very real effort by the residents to... Read More

“I feel bad because I let my parents down. I’ve seen a lot of people on the street because of drugs. They ask for money to buy food, or even pick up food from the trash. I don’t want to end up like them,” laments one of the... Read More

“All this is prologue to belief,” concludes the author towards the end of this volume. Howe is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and winner of the Commonwealth Club Gold Medal for Poetry, and the Lenore... Read More

The linguistic fun starts with the title and ripples through this fast-paced adventure for middle- and high-schoolers until their parents start swiping the book for their own enjoyment. Keep a dictionary handy to get the most pleasure... Read More

Confronted by a virtual avalanche of business information from the daily newspaper and the nightly news, it is easy to just let some information flow right on by. It is even easier to fall into the trap of thinking that one possesses a... Read More

With the publication of Adcock’s latest book of poems, Texas cowboys will have to make room for another recognizable state figure: the poet. Intervale brings together more than two decades of Adcock’s poetry, work that pays homage to... Read More

“Boy, is he delusional.” Many people have probably made a similar remark, but isn’t it all too easy to look at others and diagnose their shortcomings and failures? If only these others would get out of the way life would be a... Read More