In Praise of Nuance
  • Requiem

    July 8, 2018

    Finding the best way to honor the life of a lifelong friend.

  • Book Review: Laughing Shall I Die

    June 25, 2018

    All Vikings were supposed to be stoic in the face of death, but the most memorable were the ones who went down with a great spit-in-your-eye riposte.

  • Book Review: The Restless Wave

    June 15, 2018

    Senator John McCain reminds us how our political system is supposed to work, and that compromise is not, in fact, a dirty word.

  • Room to Write

    June 2, 2018

    In this Year of Writing, our intrepid author attempts to clear a spot — on the table, on the calendar, and in her brain — to get some work done.

  • Little Town, Big Exposure: A Visit to the 9th Annual Gaithersburg Book Festival

    May 20, 2018

    Rain did not dampen the ebullient spirits of the book lovers at the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

  • Volunteering: The Gift that Keeps on Giving

    April 30, 2018

    Helping out in the writing community pays dividends all around.

  • Book Review: Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot

    April 20, 2018

    A candid, kid-friendly history of the fight for women’s rights.

  • Need Some Advice?

    March 31, 2018

    Deeper into her Year of Writing, our author seeks feedback from people and advice books.

  • Book Review: Don’t Wait to Be Called

    March 25, 2018

    Jacob Weber’s ability to create fully realized protagonists in distinctly different voices and personas is one of the great joys of this short story collection.

  • Book Review: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

    March 20, 2018

    Don’t buy into the gloom and doom, the author argues. Things are better than they’ve ever been.

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