A good book is an excellent vehicle for exploration. Literary journeys offer an array of imaginative destinations, from the realistic to the fantastic. In this edition of Reader’s Write, we asked readers to tell us about their favorite places to visit in the pages of a book and to describe how authors create these enjoyable and believable literary locations. […]
The daily chaos of life was about to overwhelm Lisa Smith Molinari, until she discovered a lifeline: writing. Now an award-winning newspaper columnist and author of the upcoming book The Meat and Potatoes of Life: My True Lit Com, Lisa began her writing journey making lists on a yellow legal pad during her husband’s military deployment. For many writers like Lisa, the act of putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard brings mindfulness, order, and context to daily events and major life challenges. […]
The books we read often change the way we view ourselves and the world around us. What better year than 2020 for clarity of vision, and what better way to achieve clarity than by reading good books? In this first Readers Write of the new year and new decade, readers talk about books they found to be eye-opening and transformative, in a variety of genres from self-help to children’s fiction. […]
