Ron Charles writes about books and publishing for The Washington Post. For a dozen years, he enjoyed teaching American literature and critical theory in the Midwest. Before moving to the District ...

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When Charles Newell seized the reins as artistic director for the Court Theatre in 1993, he and the theater company housed at ...

Though I admit to my bias, I believe there is a perfect book for everyone, and I am providing a list of wonderful titles to help you with your holiday shopping. For the collector of Texana or the avid ...

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Life in a Schuylkill County mining patch in the decades following World War II left a lasting imprint on Andrea Mallick Pytak. “I think of all the good memories,” said the 77-year-old retired nurse ...

So of course it’s going to be one of the best-selling and most-loved genres of books on the market. There’s also an interesting phenomena where humans are fascinated with “evil” while still being ...

This is the long-awaited adult debut from bestselling YA author Mary E. Pearson. Expect forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding action. Bristol Keats and her sisters are struggling ...

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The late Ron Green Sr. wrote an annual Thanksgiving column for The Charlotte Observer for decades, with the final one appearing in 2019. Current Observer columnist Scott Fowler continues the tradition ...

Your TBR list is getting longer... The simple joy of reading a book can inspire so much. While we’re turning their pages, we use our imaginations to live inside entire worlds with its characters.