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I was excited recently to discover that Yahoo still maintains a Web subject directory (which, ironically, I found via a Google search); even...

When I started work at the Winston-Salem Journal in the summer of 1985, a dark cloud hung over me, especially as I walked to work from the ...

When I wrote about dance as an ephemeral art recently, I talked about how a dancer's career is shorter than a writer's because the ...

I failed to mention one of my favorite features in Smithsonian Magazine in my June 25th post : The Last Page, a one-page humorous essay that...

• NPR's "On the Media" devoted a full hour to the future of books and publishing in its July 2nd show, Book It . (This is an u...

Athough I normally avoid reality shows (because I'm not interested in dieters, dysfunctional families, or desperate "celebrities...

Those who are regular readers of this blog may have noticed that I've been referencing Smithsonian magazine in recent posts. The reason...

"The Wilkersons’ costliest board was the 1972 painting Water Dreaming at Kalipinypa, a dazzling patchwork of stippled, dotted and cross...

This year is the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, which is getting a lot of press. Invariably, in the articles...

Many times in the past, I'm sure, I rolled my eyes if I saw an old person poring over the Obituaries section in the newspaper. I thought...