I saw Derek Jacobi on tv when he played Hamlet in Shakespeare's play Hamlet. I was about twelve at the time and seeing a Shakespeare play for the first time was fun. Hamlet had it all then: Ghosts, trickery, deceit, and sword fights. (Hamlet still...

Author: Gregory Maguire Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Candlewick Press Book Length: 322 pages The Gist: On the darkest night, amidst a terrifying storm, Dinah listens to her cousin Gage tell an unlikely story—about tooth fairies, known as...

This Tuesday, finds me reading Gregory Maguire's What The Dickens: The Story Of A Rogue Tooth Fairy. I'm following the orphan tooth fairy What-The-Dickens in his quest for purpose, identity, and companionship after his birth in a tuna fish can. Yes....

What do Richard Wright, Saul Bellow and John Cheever have in common? These and thousands of other writers found employment during The Great Depression with The Federal Writers Project a program sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. Per...

In this week's selection of Blacklins Weekly Find from 3QuarksDaily Ammar Ali Qureshi reviews Dilip Hiro edition of Babur Nama: Journal of Emperor Babur. Follow the link at the end of the excerpt below to read the entire review (originally published...