Mayor Deegan celebrates Jacksonville's latest top River City Readers

Mayor Donna Deegan recognized Jacksonville's top young River City Readers and the first anniversary of the literacy program's bookmobile.

This Texas Elementary Is Achieving High Reading Scores a Million Words at a Time

Walking into Windsor Park elementary in Corpus Christi, Texas, it’s hard to miss the mass of bright, colorful paper balloons taped on the wall, displaying photos of dozens of children who have read ...

Doyel: Purdue's in, Indiana's out, don't blame the messenger. Or correct his grammar.

Doyel: Purdue is rolling into NCAA Tourney, Hoosiers are reeling, and readers are railing. Mailbagg is here to discuss your ...

‘What would Keeble do?’: Latest short story collection just small part of sprawling creative writing career for educator, poet and author John Keeble

When the Exxon Valdez dumped more than 10 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound, “Yellowfish” author John Keeble received a call from his then-Harper & Row editor Ted Solotaroff asking ...

From Lynx House to Eastern Washington’s MFA program, poet and writer Chris Howell’s ‘seeping wisdom’ spans decades

Lynx House was a real house first. The Lynx was a painting rescued from the dump and hung on the wall. The home was shared by friends going through the University of Massachusetts’ master’s of fine ...