Reason for Writing

Every Tool's a Hammer

Adam Savage—star of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech—shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration...
- Adam Savage
A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

In this poignant and transporting cross-cultural love story set against the lush backdrop of the Sicilian countryside, actress Tembi Locke discovers the healing powers...
- Tembi Locke
The Enduring Fascination with Lizzie Borden

Author Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear in the aftermath of the brutal Borden murders, and how those stories influenced...
- Cara Robertson
Mary Laura Philpott on Her Memoir-in-Essays, I Miss You When I Blink

“This is the book when you're feeling like ‘WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE?!' and you need to know that you're not alone.” Mary Laura Philpott writes...
- Mary Laura Philpott
Lessons From Lucy

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author Dave Barry shares the inspiration for his newest book, Lessons From Lucy . For more on this wildly popular...
- Dave Barry