Political potboilers have always scored high on summer-reading lists, and Bush's War for Reelection: Iraq, the White House, and the People seems to qualify. Written by investigative reporter Ja

Looking for a good book to tote to the beach this summer or to pack as part of your picnic? Staff members at Lincoln Library, Springfield's public library, were happy to share their suggestions.

Poet laureate Kevin Stein is giving Illinois its words' worth. When appointed to the four-year post three months ago, Stein promised to give four public readings per year. His appearance last w

There should be a warning sign for anyone venturing down nostalgia way: "Caution! Platitudes ahead." Why must reminiscences punish the present to paint the past as more precious? In his memoir Now, W

Admit it. When you think of the literary capitals of the world, Springfield doesn't leap to the top of the list. But beginning on Saturday, Springfield shines like a literary luminary on the pr

Like a man to double business bound I stand in pause where I shall first begin. Claudius in Act III of Hamlet Where to be or not to be? Tonight, March 11, two downtown libraries offer excellent

One book. One city. In 1998, the Washington Center for the Book posed the question --"What if all Seattle read the same book?" Six years later we have the definitive answer. If the people in Se

Janet Jackson's brazen bust-baring before millions of football fans, dubbed by one pundit "a tempest in a C-cup," got me wondering. Not about the fall of western civ as we know it, but about wh