I believe that any successful weekend contains three events to ensure a proper “decompression”: sleeping in, eating one reasonably elaborate breakfast, and striking some media off the to-consume list. For… Read more »

Books have made frequent appearances on airplanes for over a century. Ever since the Wright Brothers argued about what tomes to pack for their first three-second-long flight over Kill Devil… Read more »

Click here to read Josh Cook’s first piece about preparing for readings It’s one thing to prepare for readings and quite another to give them. For the most part, I… Read more »

Last week, Philadelphia Magazine reported that Martha Graham Cracker, a drag queen the magazine describes as a “legend,” was invited to a children’s reading event at a New Jersey after-school… Read more »

I am unsure of Moby-Dick’s place in our canon. I have my doubts about whether it is the Great American Novel, or even whether it is Herman Melville’s best work.… Read more »

I genuinely like author readings. I do, I enjoy nearly every author event I attend. I realize that being able to say that in such stark terms makes me a… Read more »