[This blog first published on Huffington Post, March 14, 2017.] It’s rare that I start off an author interview with “I f***ing love your...

[This blog first published on Huffington Post, November 13, 2017.] When it comes to books, I lean toward nonfiction—specifically memoir....

[This blog first published on Huffington Post, Dec. 21, 2017.] I adore author Abigail Thomas—as a writer, teacher and as a human being....

This blog first appeared on Huffington Post, November 2, 2016. I was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, about 95 miles northeast of Fairfield,...

There I am, among photographs of a dinner table waiting for guests; a peahen, her pale white crest every bit as captivating as her cobalt...

Originally published on HuffPost Books 04/27/15 By Annie L. Scholl She kept them under her bed — a hundred or more journals she had...

By Annie L. Scholl for unity.org. Patrice Vecchione’s latest book, Step Into Nature (Atria Books/Beyond Words, $16) was released on...

Originally published in HuffPost Books 3/17/15 Brief Interviews is a series in which writers discuss language, literature, and a handful...

Originally published in HuffPost Books 4/16/2015 Brief Interviews is a series in which writers discuss language, literature, and a...

Recently on Facebook, I asked: “What scares you? And I don’t mean spiders and snakes. Unless spiders and snakes keep you from being your...