Who wrote the book The Help? Who wrote the book Serious? Who is Drew in Westover's book Educated? Who is the author of Kadambari? Who is Charles in the book Educated? Who wrote the book The Process of Education in 1960? Who wrote the book The Guide?
In 1 Samuel, chapter 16, Samuel responds to the Lord’s command, “I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons” (16:1). There, Samuel finds a young David, around the age of 15, and anoints him to be the future king of I...
Rita Banerjeeis an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. She is the author of the poetry collectionsEcho in Four Beats, which was named one of Book Riot’s “Must-Read Poetic Voices of Split This Rock 2018,” and Crack...
I’ve got an instinct which I can’t quite prove yet but that if Britain went down more of a sort of a Swiss citizens’ assembly devolved model, it would end up in a much, much happier place than trying to cling on to the old style of elite representation.” Creating a new system ...
Then came the grimly positive follow-up book I thought would kick me out of my post-hip-surgery slump: “The Miracle Morning” by Hal Elrod. Set your alarm for an hour ahead of sanity, jump up and do the following, but only after brushing your teeth and throwing freezing cold water on...
Black Issues Book Review “There are a slew of books about what is now being called the ‘hip-hop generation.’ Luckily, The Hip-Hop Generation gets it right.” SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE The musician and Hip Hop legend—hailed as “the greatest MC of all time” and compared to Thelonious Monk...
About the little-known fact that most educated people in the 18th and 19th centuries believed planets of other suns are inhabited. "Engdahl has marshalled an impressive and fascinating selection of primary sources and ... reminded us that our ancestors entertained a view of the universe that was...
Normally, I can work through the haze of such contretemps, but this one was a lulu. I shall post through the weekend, though, to make up for the lost time. Why the hurry? I know that some of you are eager to polish off — and polish up — your nonfiction book proposals. Toward ...
Fortunately for the happiness of writers everywhere, few problems inherent to the life literary are as simple to solve as the lost great idea. Step 1: write it down. Immediately. Step 2: make sure you always have the means to carry out Step 1. You needn’t buy a special n...
January 1, 1772 Jefferson married Martha Wayles Skelton. They had a total of 6 children but only 2 of them lived to maturity. Martha died in 1782. Monticello was the Jefferson Families private estate. It was designed by Jefferson himself. ...