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
Why We Should All Read The Squatter and the Don
Classic American literature can sometimes feel as distant in time as it does in style [...]
Aug
How to Find (or Build) a Writing Community – Part Two
This is the second in a three-part series on finding and building a writing community. [...]
American Authors as Activists
The controversial and historic election of reality star and billionaire businessman Donald Trump to the [...]
Tom Wolfe and the Power of Language
This past December, during the frenzied buildup to Christmas, I was shopping for gifts for [...]