http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8358-1-books.html By Scott Renshaw

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.]]> By Scott Renshaw

Over the course of a long, circuitous journey from lawyer to cartoonist, Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis found inspiration and support from colleagues ...]]> By Geoff Griffin

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.]]> By Rachel Piper

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. ]]> By Rachel Piper

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.]]> By Scott Renshaw

The subtitle on the cover of Matthew Batt’s memoir, Sugarhouse, reads “Turning the Neighborhood Crack House into Our Home Sweet Home.”]]> By Geoff Griffin

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.]]> By Scott Renshaw

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.]]> By Geoff Griffin

Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman Jr. have both had to answer plenty of questions about Mormon doctrine during their presidential campaigns.]]> By Geoff Griffin

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 ...]]> By Scott Renshaw

For journalists, that mysterious line called “objectivity” is fragile under the most ideal circumstances. ]]> By Jacob Stringer

The Salt Lake City Main Library’s zine collection was founded in 1997 principally by one solitary librarian named Julie Bartel.]]> By Geoff Griffin

The conversion process is a great vehicle for storytelling: the immersion into new ideas; a person feeling his life changing; the moment when he sees the world in a whole new way ...]]> By Scott Renshaw

The new novel from author (Union Dues) and filmmaker (Matewan, Eight Men Out, Lone Star) John Sayles, A Moment in the Sun, is an epic spanning events in America ...]]> By Scott Renshaw

In 2009, the Twitter feed @FakeAPStylebook launched as a satire of the guide for journalism conventions, credited to a collection of contributors known as “The Bureau Chiefs.”]]> By Austen Diamond

If you haven’t finished 2010’s reading list, ditch it—because 2011 is shaping up nicely for books by local authors.]]> By Austen Diamond

If you haven’t finished 2010’s reading list, ditch it—because 2011 is shaping up nicely for books by local authors.]]> By Geoff Griffin

Two words generally not uttered in the same sentence with the Provo school are “environmentalism” and “Hollywood.” What would such traditionally liberal territory have to do with the conservative bastion of Utah County?]]> By Scott Renshaw

Lance Olsen’s new novel Calendar of Regrets is a fascinating, complex work that interweaves a dozen different stories set in a dozen different time periods ...]]> By Geoff Griffin

As the weather cools, leaves fall and the nights get longer, it’s the perfect time for some good ghost stories. ]]>