Editor’s Note: This commentary by librarian Anna Call is part of our special focus on Summer Reading for the month of May. There is a font of summer reading themes, including lists, bibliographical materials, and graphics. It is... Read More

During the year that my husband and I spent planning a lengthy French sojourn, I envisioned writing a book about the forces that converge to force baby boomers out of traditional work arrangements sooner than expected—something that... Read More

Editor’s Note: This commentary is part of our special focus on Summer Reading for the month of May. I spent the heady, humid summer of 1995 in Portland, Oregon. There are no beaches in Portland, and the swimming pools are few and far... Read More

It’s common knowledge that students, like myself, can’t wait for summer to come. When we’re weighted down with our backpacks and hectic schedules, the countdown on the calender is a small comfort. When the sun finally begins to... Read More

I’ve had a problem these past few weeks trying to figure out just what “Summer Reading” is supposed to mean. Then, the death of an author solved it. Not that I’m happy about an author dying, but the recent passing of Robert M.... Read More

Editor’s Note: This commentary by librarian Anna Call is part of our special focus on Summer Reading for the month of May. Kids know the ritual well: receive list, borrow books, ignore books until the last week of summer vacation. Even... Read More

The idea of adapting a classic novel or short story to the comics medium has been around for a long time. I remember, as a child, picking out ten dollars worth (I forget how many that bought) of King Classics comics, selected mostly on... Read More

Anyone with more than a passing interest in grammar, style, and usage has likely been chided once or a million times to focus on what really matters, because, after all, “You know what I mean!” Sometimes, of course, this is true; a... Read More