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Do you remember the first time you read George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion? Perhaps, like me, you too were just out of high school, taking a Theater Appreciation course. Pygmalion...

A broken heart is not what it might appear. After all, it should destroy us to the core, leave us empty, powerless and shattered. It can end us. But,...

When I read (or think about) memoirs and personal essays, I don't usually imagine all the controversy that can be (and has been) connected with the genre. Of course, everyone...

July always seems like a happy time to me. Perhaps it's because it's summertime. And, it probably also has to do with the fact that my mother and...

For beginning readers, the prospect of conquering even one book may seem daunting (or even impossible). As you become more experienced, you'll discover reasons to re-read, as well...

The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd was first published by Penguin Viking in January 2014. It was immediately included as a featured selection for the Oprah Book...

To some readers--both past and present--The Catcher in the Rye is a mishmash of unacceptable and irrelevant moments from a young kid who doesn't know any better. He's...

As you can probably imagine, my kids have grown up around books. They've read everything from Dr. Seuss to The Runaway Bunny--and most possible permutations in-between. When they...

Don't we all want to test our wings and fly? Like Icarus--with his grand, waxen wings--we all have fledgling wings, aching to burst free from beneath the skin....

I love Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)--I'm guessing that nearly everyone who knows me has figured out that fundamental fact. After all, Dr. Seuss writes about all those...