A radiant waxing moon lit the frozen landscape as I drove home from my son’s place one night last week. I passed no cars after turning off the highway, for anyone with much sense wasn’t out on the ...

When I ask my girlfriend about the book she’s reading, it’s a given I’ll spend the next couple of minutes in utter confusion. Yesterday Ami responded to my query by saying her latest read made her ...

Although he retired from a long career as a law professor at LSU in 2011, Patrick H. Martin continues to lead a busy life. Martin, who turns 81 this month, has served as an adjunct professor at LSU in ...

As the temperatures drop and the holidays wind down, Whidbey Island beckons as the perfect setting for a cozy, winter retreat, whether you’re a reader or a writer. The island offers a slower-paced, ...

When Tony Adler retired, somewhat abruptly, as the senior theater critic of the Chicago Reader in 2018, the headline to writer Max Maller’s deeply admiring article read “Goodbye to Tony Adler, the ...

Here is this week's letter to the editor of the Sheboygan Press. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. The recent “No Kings” protests orchestrated in Sheboygan and ...

The first lesson I learned as a food critic: Never whine about eating for a living. One evening early in my career, I devoured a dinner so large that I got nauseous. But the night was young, and work ...

After joining The Athletic earlier this week, just in time for the start of rookie camp, veteran New York Rangers beat writer Vincent Mercogliano will hang out for an hour today, starting at noon ET, ...

I attended the Labor Day Parade in Newark. I have never been more ashamed of my town and county. The people carrying the items that said "8647" should not have been allowed to be in the parade. These ...

An author who’s jumped genres, three picture books from one writer, farming, shipwrecks and poetry are in the spotlight as we wind down books for late summer. “Despite Herself” by Jessie Chandler: ...