My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, t...
I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A...
...empathy is the most important power there is. Without it, we are doomed. With it, we can truly change the world.(interview from USC)
I had been in 1590 for less than twenty-four hours, but I was already heartily sick of Christopher Marlowe.
Some swore he was a maid in man's attire,For in his looks were all that men desire, A pleasant smiling cheeke, a speaking eye,A brow for loveto banquet roiallye,And such as knew he was a man would say...
Elizabeth Kostova’s 2005 blockbuster, The Historian,
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. —PHILIPPE DE CLERMONT, OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO CHARLES DARWIN