Chances are you found this blog post through a tweet or a Facebook post or Tumblr post or some other wondrous social medium. Social media is everywhere and everything. It has expanded our national conversation and allowed more voices to participate in discussions both frothy and weighty.  But when it comes to the sensitive subjectContinue reading

  The author of The Crossroads of Should and Must, Elle Luna (@elleluna) has partnered with The Great Discontent (@greatdiscontent) on Instagram for The 100 Day Project.  The idea is to commit to doing something creative in a way that can be photographed and posted on Instagram, every day for 100 days. We’ve hopped on boardContinue reading

Mother Nature is calling. Buy one of these earthy classics in e-book — just $1.99 each all month — and head outside to read among the flowers. Spring has sprung, and it’s time to read! The Nature Principle by Richard Louv: For many of us, thinking about the future conjures up images of Cormac McCarthy’s TheContinue reading

A multi-faceted, multi-voiced debut novel, The Miracle Girl is at the same time personal and heartfelt  — chronicling a family in flux, trying to find their individual and collective way — and also tells a larger, cultural story, one of our time, of how we live and hope and dream now. A car accident hasContinue reading

Have you been ailing from March Madness? March Book Madness, that is. We’ve diagnosed several cases of this book mania —  beware, it’s contagious —  even here in the hallowed home of college basketball where the NCAA Tournament mania gets most of the attention. Check yourself for these Sweet 16 Signs You Have March BookContinue reading