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Postcards travel great distances to pass vacation stories between friends, to induce jealousy among colleagues stuck at work, or to remind family members that they are missed. Sometimes, these gift [...]

As a child, Penelope Niven had an enormous appetite, but offering her broccoli or carrots was futile. Only Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories could satiate her hunger--for reading. Years later, the [...]

When James Warhola reminisced about vacations he spent with his uncle, Andy Warhol, there never seemed to be enough paint or brushes to fully capture the spirit of his visits. [...]

If it weren't for Lindsay Lee Johnson's severe migraines, she might never have sat up in bed one fateful night to scribble down the first 20 pages of Soul Moon [...]

There's no easy remedy for one's heart and mind after losing a loved one. No heating pad can soothe the aches, and no anesthetic can dull the vivid memories. Yet, [...]

When Esme Raji Codell resigned as librarian of a Chicago elementary school to go on her first national book tour, she had a hunch that the Dewey Decimal system wouldn't [...]