Topic: Willa Cather

The Selected Letters of Willa Cather

The novelist's letters are rich and varied and make a valuable addition to the world of letters.

Vampires in the Lemon Grove

Karen Russell's short stories go where the wild things are.

Chapter & Verse World Book Night returns to the US

After reading celebration World Book Night debuted in America for the first time last year, it will be held again this April.

Modern Parenthood Summer books: Skip the blockbusters, let kids’ imaginations grow

A summer book allows kids to explore their own imaginations and versions of time, place, and character. Skipping the summer blockbusters could save kids from a world of wasted imaginations.

Ray Bradbury, a passionate sci-fi writer with the gifts of a painter

Ray Bradbury wrote his more than 500 stories, novels, plays, and poems on a typewriter, creating imagery that helped bring sci-fi and fantasy into the mainstream of American popular culture.

At Christian Scientists' meeting, a call to engage with Christian community

The Annual Meeting of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, held June 4 in Boston, urged a closer dialogue and fellowship with Christians of other denominations – part of an effort to look outward.

Stephen King's 10 favorite books

Stephen King, author of 'Carrie' and 'The Shining,' reveals what he likes to read. 

Reader recommendation: The Professor's House

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Reading Gogol in Wyoming

To read against place is to invite fantasy by exchanging worlds.

Laura Bush, publishers, discuss a book deal

Readers' picks

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