“I think our collective problem is that there are so many writers now ... that the effort to become known ... becomes an obsession."

But the biggest obstacle, by far, to combating climate change is the voters, Rampell says.

Amazon. The word has several meanings. It was a legendary race of female warriors whom, the ancient Greeks believed, raised havoc in...

When he arrived and partook of the performances, he was astonished. The quality was of the highest caliber.

My new website, featuring the new edition of Blood on Their Hands, is up and running months after publication of the first edition ceased.

Herewith, my annual Christmas letter: Christmas Eve, 2021 Dear Readers, The other day, I was walking in my condo complex when I spotted...

George Saunders In middle and high school literature classes, I remember grousing about having to look for the “hidden meanings” in short...

Lubben Brothers The evening air under clear skies had just enough of a nip to be bracing, and the mix of folk, light rock and hints of...

Good thing I took a book with me to Nicaragua, because I didn’t take my email password. The book is The Grass Is Singing, by the late...

A letter on the editorial page of the Palm Beach Post at the end of August so incensed me that I determined to write a newsletter about...

A novel idea occurred to me the other day. Excuse me, I don’t mean I got an idea for writing another novel, not just after finishing the...

On the heels of the awarding of the Pulitzer Prize to the teenager who videotaped the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis,...

On my trip in March to Costa Rica for dental implants, I found a book, E.M. Forster’s A Room With a View, left in a drawer where I E.M....

If you’re a procrastinator like me, you often miss out on great opportunities. So you may have delayed entering a contest to win 45+...

Hello y’all out there in reader land. ‘Fraid I’ve been remiss in letting you know about this great opportunity to win so many free...

Rob Eagar An elderly woman who lives in my condo complex told me her mother had advised never to talk about religion or politics, a...

Hello again, y’all. I seem to be hopping around on this newsletter like the Easter bunny, who always gets energized this time of year....

After I posted an article about the coincidental ways in which several ostensibly disparate elements came together on the Easter weekend,...

David Fitzgerald While deleting a huge backlog of emails to avoid paying a Google fee on this Easter weekend, I ran across an internet...

“These vagabond shoes, they’re longing to stay.” San Jose, Costa Rica That wasn’t a typo. If I keep having the kind of experiences like...