The Iconic Typewriter
If you have ever watched Madam Secretary on CBS and stayed tuned through the closing [...]
Sep
Salinger at Princeton – Part 2
For the most dedicated Salingerites, much of the material in the collection is familiar, available [...]
Mr. Snodgrass and the Maid of Orléans
Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass was one alias of a man who used many names (like W. [...]
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Sep
Top 10 Reasons to Visit the American Writers Museum Today
The American Writers Museum was recently voted the top attraction in the state of Illinois [...]
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Sep
Ways the West Was Won
If there is one unique genre the United States has contributed to world literature, it [...]
Rereading the Work of Shirley Jackson
I have a lot of literary kindred spirits, most of them women. They are authors [...]
Totality
Totality is rare these days. A constantly on-the-go society has little time for completion. Even [...]
Against the Odds: Three American Novels of Survival
As I was cleaning out my bookshelves recently, I happened to find three books that [...]
Author and Naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, a Kindred Spirit
Last summer I visited the Cabin at Wildflower Woods, the former home of one of [...]
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Aug