For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why ...

When Kate Gies was born without her right ear, plastic surgeons vowed to make her "whole" and craft the appearance of an ...

An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets ...

Right about now, you’d pounce on just about any job. One that’s different than the one you have. A job that pays better, or offers flexible hours so you can deal with virtual ...

This man had worked at some of the best restaurants in the world, but didn’t know how to cook a piece of chicken. This is the story of a review that changed my approach to criticism.

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Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can ...

We sat down with Poynter senior scholar Roy Peter Clark, author of numerous books including “How to Write Short: Word Craft ...

Sharpe author on writing for a Green Card, and what he does and doesn’t miss about the UK Bernard Cornwell’s writing career ...

Every war begins in blind folly and ends in unimagined suffering. This is true of all wars but especially of the First World ...

In his new book, Gates recalls a unique childhood that led him to build a technology empire. We talk BASIC, old PCs, ...

Every schedule, every plan you made in February was shot. March began and in about three weeks’ time, life changed in big ways and small, calendars were tossed, and things got scary. Maybe ...