Peter Vaira, who still spends three days a week at Weir LLP, the Philadelphia firm where he is special counsel, said he had written occasional fictitious, slightly barbed columns about life in Big Law ...

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Everett’s dramatic retelling of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a fiction nominee for the 20th annual ...

Right on the heels of the terrible flood tragedy in Texas two weekends ago, we find accusations that perhaps there was activity within the state, and within the region that ...

I would tell a different story about the decline of literary fiction, and it is a story about social pressure and conformity.

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I continue to read Mark Twain’s secondary books — the ones beyond the classics “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer.” My most ...

A nother mentor Sarna cites is Jacob Rader Marcus, the rabbi and historian who founded the American Jewish Archives at the ...

Whether exposing injustice, exploring identity, or telling unforgettable stories, these authors write with urgency and beauty.

The Library of Congress National Book Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with over 90 authors attending in Washington, ...

Texas writer Paulette Jiles, who was known for bringing the past to vivid life in books such as “News of the World” and ...