by Sonya Chung
I realized for the first time that there is reading, and there is reading. The kind of reading that counts, that really matters, is what I’d call whole-soul reading Continue reading
by Sonya Chung
I realized for the first time that there is reading, and there is reading. The kind of reading that counts, that really matters, is what I’d call whole-soul reading Continue reading
by Juhi Singhal Karan
A visit to the bookstore is a perfect outing—and when a place has a personality all its own, it inspires a special kind of loyalty among authors. Today, five bloomers share their favorite independent bookstores. Continue reading
The tourist has an ethnocentric point of view—the unchallenged belief that his or her way of thinking is the best way. The “traveler” is more likely to consider another person’s point of view, another culture’s point of view, and to aim for some kind of humanistic way of judging people, actions, customs. If we apply this to writing, the “tourist” is doomed to write bad fiction, because good writing and strong characters require empathy. Continue reading
by Aiden Jones
Peanuts were dangerous to Ryan. Kitchens were dangerous to me. Drugs of any kind were dangerous to Jim Jacobis, a skinny guy from Alabama who was here because of them. Continue reading