As part of the group’s Let’s Get This Foundation, the band New Kids on the Block collects new books for ages preschool to about third grade. In St. Louis last night (July 1) for a concert, it…
A federal judge in New York has blocked publication in the U.S. of a book claiming to be a sequel to J.D. Salinger’s famous “The Catcher in the Rye.”
Here’s the word from the Associated Press:
“U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued…
When I was a kid, I felt terribly embarrassed if I had a library fine - as if I’d stolen something or intentionally refused to take the book back to the library or bookmobile. Librarians had a reputation for being…
Claire Applewhite, author of “The Wrong Side of Memphis,” recently posed some questions to Janet Grace Riehl. Riehl is the author of “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary,” a self-published book of story poems, many of which center on her family.
Riehl graduated from Alton…







