I've long felt that historian Karen Abbott was writing to an audience of one - namely me.  When the dialogue of a book commences, and an...

I may be a witch, and that's a pretty great thing to discover on your birthday.  This happened more than a week ago, but you'll have...

Back home - the girl's first home, we're talking about Alameda - we used to do Treasure Hunts.  I'd leave a silly start to a po...

Almost two years ago - talking on the phone with George, bemoaning the fact that his store got to host Megan Abbott that night for her sly, ...

When Michele responded to my request (entreaty? appeal? plea?) for books, she did so in a grand way.  When I was home (and by home, I mean ...

When you've done one thing professionally for most of your adult life, that thing can become part of you.  For me that thing was booksel...