Even after decades as a mainstay of our political and pop culture, including countless best-selling books, America’s fascination with the Kennedy family is as strong as ever. Why? Think about it: you have all of the elements of a great,… Continue Reading
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Q&A with Karen Leggett Abouraya
Karen Leggett Abouraya , author of “Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books,” is an award-winning journalist and former news program host on WMAL Radio. A past president of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, D.C., her reviews of children’s books and other articles have appeared in The New York… Continue Reading
Q&A with John Dufresne
John Dufresne is the author of two short story collections, “The Way That Water Enters Stone” and “Johnny Too Bad,” two New York Times’ Notable Books of the Year – “Louisiana Power & Light” and “Love Warps the Mind a Little” – as well as the novels “Deep in the Shade of Paradise” and “Requiem, Mass.” His latest novel, “No Regrets, Coyote,” will be published in July. His books on writing, “The Lie That Tells a Truth” and… Continue Reading
Q&A with John Jenkins
John A. Jenkins , author of ”The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist,” has been writing from Washington, D.C., about the law and lawyers since 1971, when, shortly before his graduation from the University of Maryland College of Journalism, he went to work as a reporter covering the Justice Department… Continue Reading
Q&A with Charles Robbins
Charles Robbins is coauthor, with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, of “The U.S. Senate,” as well as two nonfiction books with Senator Arlen Specter. The mystery/thriller, “The Accomplice,” is his first novel. Charles began his career as a newspaper reporter, then ran press operations for two… Continue Reading
Q&A with Adele Griffin
Adele Griffin is a two-time National Book Award finalist and the author of a number of middle grade and young adult novels, including her latest, “All You Never Wanted.” Her works include “The Julian Game,” “Tighter,” “Picture the Dead,” and coming this fall, “Loud Awake & Lost.” She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her husband and… Continue Reading
The Raven Boys: Maggie Stiefvater’s Novel
by Elizabeth Zipf Richard Montgomery junior, Class of 2014 I’ll admit it. I don’t believe in psychics. I don’t particularly like psychics. And, well, there are a lot of psychics in Maggie Stiefvater ’s new novel, “The Raven Boys.” But I loved “The Scorpio Races” to the point… Continue Reading
You Get One Shot – Want a Practice Round?
by Elizabeth Zipf Richard Montgomery High School, class of 2014 So, I just turned in a major essay for English class, and it got me thinking. We’d been able to revise it after feedback from the teacher, and at this… Continue Reading
Q&A with Judy Colbert
Judy Colbert is an award-winning writer and photographer who has written about Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia and Delaware for decades. Her latest book is “Peaceful Places Washington, D.C.: 114 Tranquil Sites in the Nation’s Capital and Beyond.” She has also written about Super Bowl trivia, temper tantrums, divorce, the hospitality industry, spas and cruising. Her… Continue Reading