Matthew B. Crawford, Ph.D can fix your Harley, but can he fix the American malaise?
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The miracle of writing evaded the natives until one man made the leap.
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Beyond “dark and stormy night,” “bad lit” contests made purple prose proliferate.
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Dartmouth grads expected the usual boring commencement speaker. But Joseph Brodsky spoke about boredom itself, aka “your window on time.”
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Born into a world of radios and Model T’s, he envisioned a fantastic future. And you can’t say he didn’t warn us.
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Science used to be respected and trusted. What happened and how can we move beyond the BS and back to the facts?
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Twenty years on, “This is Water” still brings David Foster Wallace’s wisdom to the world.
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When a hurried America needed answers, three books helped us put on the brakes.
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With dictionaries endangered, Stefan Fatsis offers a treat for fellow word lovers.
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He came out of the darkness, left cognac and roses on Poe’s grave. Then disappeared. Who was he?
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Along with writing classic science fiction, Isaac Asimov explained. . . everything!!!!
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Broken at the seams, Hemingway stumbled upon an old trunk and brought his Paris back to life.
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Nebraska stifled many a soul but Mari Sandoz "willed herself" to become its bard.
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Heeding a poet's call, Andrew Carroll put poetry books in motel rooms, waiting rooms, hospitals, buses, airplanes. . .
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America's good gray poet went dark for a while. But Walt Whitman surfaced with a new hope for America.
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People on the Plains led quiet, anonymous lives. Until Spoon River.
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