Literary Reflections

In this month’s essay, Julianna Thibodeaux explores her relationships with her children and with her books. She writes: “When did I make the connection that my love of books was…

Even though the Now Reading section isn’t necessarily thematic (as opposed to our Essential Reading section), sometimes the commonalities on this editors and columnists list just arise like a filigreed…

This month we asked our editors and columnists to share some of their favorite books on the theme of “Mothers Around the World.” Download the list

My children changed so fast I could hear time whistle as it flew past me, and I was desperate to remember the small details. In the process of writing them…

List three memories you and your family made last week, and then, five details about each that you don’t want to forget.

Our editors and columnists share their recent forays into essays, Burma, the afterlife, migration, and Chinese poetry below. Download the list to find it fast at your local bookstore or…

This month we asked our editors and columnists for essential books on the theme “Single Motherhood.” They did not disappoint.

I’m reading 11/22/63, Stephen King’s latest 850 page tome. I love it. It’s a great book. It’s on all the lists. Time travel. Characters. Dialogue. Blah, blah, blah. King needs…

With the idea that gifts (and books) transcend the world of commodity, our editors offer two of their favorite literary gifts.

This month, we feature an essay from our archives: Five Minutes by Dionne Ford. In this essay, Dionne describes a morning where she and her family find themselves running late…

I write this Now Reading post with great reluctance. My daughter is sleeping, the fire is burning in the wood stove, and I had to drag myself away from Suzanne…