Nonfiction

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (593+ words) A reading of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Afton Cyrus for kids 2-5 and their caregivers will take place on Oct. 24. Ben Shattuck, author of “The History of Sound,” will take part in a Word literary festival keynote discussion on short…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1850+ words) Poet Will Dowd let Jorge Luis Borges speak to him in his sleep 11:30 AM CDT on October 12, 2026 Three years ago, I began a strange experiment—strange even for a poet. For nine months, I seeded my dreams with recorded poetry…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (861+ words) In Oprah’s 125th Book Club pick, a stranger moves into 12-year-old Sofia’s bedroom, arriving without explanation—and with a taut, round belly. “But, baba, my stuff,” I said, thinking about my books, my gel pens, my watercolors, the turquoise seahorse Lena…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (497+ words) Ex-CIA officer David McCloskey, who spent several years working in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, says he turned to spy fiction as a way to process that experience, something he refers to as a “self-debrief”. McCloskey, who also co-hosts the excellent…...

2+ hour, 35+ min ago   (266+ words) Recently, a teacher from Fakarava Primary School in French Polynesia wrote to say that L’Arbre Généreux—The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein—brought tears to her students’ eyes. It was their favorite story because they believe caring for the planet…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (220+ words) How do you move forward after your life is wrecked to pieces? This is the only question left on SJ Manroe’s mind after the tragic death of her husband. Every Room Remembers is Tara Badstubner‘s debut metaphysical fiction novel....

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (930+ words) Alice Taylor keeps her favourite Christmas presents outside the back door in Innishannon - a trailer-load of west Cork logs, and a small mountain of turf from Kerry. "There's something lovely about the comfort and the richness of a pile of…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago   (492+ words) Can happiness actually be learned? That is the question at the heart of a new book by Rabbi Y.Y. Schochet, JoyWorks: Jewish Wisdom for a Happy Life, published by Mosaica Press. Full Story This is not another book telling people to…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (1244+ words) oprainfall Author’s Note: I discuss details of storylines and characters which could be considered minor spoilers. No major spoilers will be revealed. Cooking with Wild Game Volume 3 continues the story of Japanese-born, seventeen year old Asuta Tsurumi, who has been…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (92+ words) by Gareth Thomas Weaver · October 12, 2026 Read Part One here. Young pilgrims with an Andalusian donkey on the Camino. Images provided by the author. An Andalusian donkey leaping through the River Catasol. Images provided by the author. — T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets…...