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Readers, I started watching an episode last night of PBS's American Masters on author Amy Tan. What. A. Story. Tan and her two brothers...

While I was reading and reading and reading and researching the Author Spotlight on Edgar Allan Poe for an edition of the Bubbly Bibbly...

I was looking at the literary calendar the other day, and I saw this entry for June 2: Raymond Carver quits drinking, 1977. Who the hell...

I just finished an awe-inspiring book. You can find my review on both Goodreads and BubblyBibbly.com. It was "King and the Dragonflies"...

I have always been intrigued by the salon. No, not the kind where you get your hair and nails done. And not the one that is considered an...

Did you happen to see that the family of beloved children's book author Roald Dahl apologized for anti-Semitic comments he made in the...

Yesterday, Rachel and I interviewed author Linda Olsson. Since we recorded it for our podcast, we did it over SquadCast. To see why this...

I am an unapologetic fangirl. I squeal, fan my face with my hands (and what is THAT about, because it helps NOT AT ALL), giggle like a...

When I first picked up Linda Olsson's novel Astrid & Veronika, I was drawn to the cover. The simplicity of the photograph, along with the...

On this date in 1957, Jack Kerouac's On the Road hit the streets. It took several years for the author to write, and is about the travels...

Well, knock me over with a guitar pick. I would have never thought that the lyrics of this rock song from the 1980s would inspire a...

Y'all!! Today we celebrate Ray Bradbury's 100th birthday with quite the reading extravaganza! For the event, actors, authors, librarians,...

On a trip to New York City several years ago, I somehow discovered that the original stuffed animals from the 100 Acre Wood were at the...

On this day in 2019 at the age of 88, a powerful voice left this earth. Toni Morrison was many things. Single mother, editor, author,...

I happened upon this wonderful video on writing tips from George Saunders. It was posted in 2017, and it seems to speak to our world...