POSTED // Apr 29,2013 - Over the past decade, no single writer has more diligently explored the myriad consequences of what we humans eat than Michael Pollan—which makes it fairly extraordinary that he continues to find new ways to make us see food in new ways.

POSTED // Mar 4,2013 - Over the course of a long, circuitous journey from lawyer to cartoonist, Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis found inspiration and support from colleagues ...

POSTED // Sep 10,2012 - Good writers can take a subject you weren’t previously interested in and not only entertain you while talking about it, but also make you want to know more.

POSTED // Aug 16,2012 - Acclaimed Utah author Shannon Hale blogs. A lot. And her blogs often aren't about her upcoming tour dates or how hard it was to write that day or what she's wearing.

POSTED // Aug 13,2012 - Shannon Hale always planned to write a sequel to her Newbery Honor-winning 2005 book Princess Academy. But the characters of another book were more insistent that their stories be told.

POSTED // Jun 12,2012 - The subtitle on the cover of Matthew Batt’s memoir, Sugarhouse, reads “Turning the Neighborhood Crack House into Our Home Sweet Home.”

POSTED // May 21,2012 - I normally try to avoid hearing what other people think about a book before reviewing it—but in the case of Why I’m a Mormon, someone else’s reaction was the reason I wanted to read it.

POSTED // Feb 6,2012 - It probably sounds like a cliché to say that Emily Pearson’s memoir Dancing With Crazy describes the kind of life that lands people on Geraldo.

POSTED // Dec 26,2011 - Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr. have both had to answer plenty of questions about Mormon doctrine during their presidential campaigns.

POSTED // Oct 31,2011 - The classic Dickens tale A Christmas Carol begins with the sentence, “Marley was dead, to begin with.” Marley then goes on to play a pivotal role ...