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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hart and Schaffner are dead; Marx, ringed round with laurels, has notoriously retired. But the firm itself was dissolved long ago, and it was Saul Bellow who, with a sartorial quip, snipped...

A strong response to the paintings of Edward Hopper is by no means uncommon, in America and throughout the world. But I’ve come to believe that it’s singularly strong among readers and writers—that Hopper’s work resonates profoundly with those of us...

Front Porch Books is a monthly tally of books—mainly advance review copies (aka “uncorrected proofs” and “galleys”)—I’ve received from publishers, but also sprinkled with packages from Book Mooch, independent bookstores, Amazon and other sources. Because...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler will receive the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature at the 17th Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival Oct. 26 at the Rockville campus of Montgomery...

Scott Wrobel It’s important to know that Scott Wrobel lives in the suburbs, because at first glance, he’s taking more than a little sport with the neighbors in "Cul De Sac" (Sententia Books), his first collection of short stories. But he’s not working...