

Literature and Poetry
San Francisco Center for the Book Exhibits
Exhibits at the SFCB — Once Upon A Book: Author/illustrators reveal their creative processes; Show Me a Story includes an essay excerpt from Maribeth Back's essay, Encoding Enchantment: Engineering the Materials of Story more »
What Is a Book Club?
Joan L. Cannon writes: I thought a book club would bear some resemblance to an English class, presumably without grades or written reports. Everyone would read the same book, and then the meeting would take place with everyone discussing the chosen volum… more »
Book Review: The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement
Jo Freeman reviews The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement:
To those of us who were civil rights activists in the 1960s, Bob
Zellner and Constance Curry were legends in their own time. Not big
legends like Stokely Ca… more »
CultureWatch, April 2009
Lords of Finance, apart from being a wonderful lesson in international monetary economics and finance, is a page turner. No Room for Doubt
will appeal especially to our readers as it shows how one remarkable
senior woman who overcomes the odds and achi… more »