October 13, 2010 10:30 AM
Banned Books Week got off to a rousing start this year with the publication of a letter from Wesley Scroggins, Missouri State University professor of management, in The Springfield News-Leader. The letter, “Filthy books demeaning to Republic education,” listed books...
March 19, 2010 8:38 AM
I took three books with me when I went backpacking last weekend. When you’re a backpacking novice like me, every ounce in your backpack matters; after the first mile, you are ready to toss everything except maybe a water bottle...
December 31, 2009 8:55 AM
Just as surely as the first week of January brings new diet books, the last week of December brings Top 10 or Top 100 lists. These lists are way too late to inspire holiday shopping, so they must serve another...
August 17, 2009 10:59 AM
With the end of summer in sight, your summer reading list is probably still untouched. If so, you are not alone. Los Angeles Times book editor David L. Ulin wrote last week on “the lost art of reading,” in...
June 10, 2009 9:25 AM
Summer's a time when you don't want to do any extra work, so we did the work for you and compiled a reading list - several, actually. Some lists are lighter than others, but here's what Her.meneutics contributors plan to...