Category Archives: Recommendations
Roger Angell: Baseball Writing for the Ages
Roger Angell is the greatest living baseball writer. He’s written about the game for The New [...]
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Apr
In Their Own Words: Kate Moore
Kate Moore is the author of The Radium Girls, the first-ever narrative non-fiction account of this [...]
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Mar
Reading Recommendations from the AWM
Here at the American Writers Museum, we love to read. A lot. We know that [...]
Feb
In Their Own Words: Eve Ewing
Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. [...]
Feb
After Clinking Champagne Glasses
You’ve counted down the clock and sang “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight, so now it’s [...]
Jan
American Authors of Short Stories – Part Two
Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was born Callie Russel Porter to Harrison Boone Porter and Mary [...]
Dec
Why We Should All Read Sarah Piatt’s Poems
In the late 1850s, when a young Sarah Morgan Bryan began to publish her poems in [...]
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Dec
Erma Bombeck
With her usual wit and humor the writer Erma Bombeck wrote, “It’s frightening to wake [...]
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Dec
Halloween Books: Creepy Crawly Short Reads
Halloween Books: Creepy Crawly (Short) Reads Looking for some Halloween books that provide deliciously-dark tales [...]
Oct
The Wonderful Wizardry of Children’s Books
Recently, my sons and I enjoyed the unique pleasure of losing ourselves for a few [...]
Oct