There is a strange sort of alchemy, a seemingly magical process of transformation that occurs in literary translation. Imagine this: the translated story must succeed in conveying the intent, the flow, the character, the very soul of the... Read More

History is fun, despite the dreary recollections of legions of now-graying former seventh graders. It is also—as all those Mrs. Simpsons who oversaw our adolescent educations insisted—informative and might even provide guidelines for... Read More

Even as the concept of family has evolved to encompass so much more than the basic social unit of mother, father, sister, and brother, at least one thing has remained constant: the desire to improve the quality of life for ourselves and... Read More

Pity the poor cookbook author these days. Bloggers rampantly reprint their recipes without permission or tweak them with some minor changes and call them their own; mobile devices allow shoppers to scroll through multiple recipes at the... Read More

Book lovers know that reading can be a full sensory experience. It’s why electronic reading devices will never completely take over the literary world unless they engineer a way to reproduce the feel, the scent, even the pure heft of a... Read More

There’s a peculiar alchemy involved in converting ordinary circumstances into great or transcendent ones in any life: a touch of bravery, a dash of an unexpected foe, often a leap into the unknown, and the very substance of the world... Read More