Nicholas Basbanes

The subject of today's rumination deals with an Associated Press di
On a gorgeous spring morning when I would much rather be writing about a delightful trip to Southern California to give the Sa
Though I have always been a reader, I did not become a serious collector of books until I was in my mid-30s.
Nothing worthwhile ever happens in a vacuum.
The Silk Road, sex and World War II, both behind closed doors, and fascinating curiosities of literature--what could be better for a week that begins in the satisfying aftermath of a three-game swe
By pure coincidence, it has been my good fortune to participate in the re-dedication of two libraries recently, the Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M in March--
First off, the proper provenance for those words--that "anything can be anywhere"--is the Larry McMurtry novel,
A couple of trips to South Carolina, Texas, and Maine have given me the opportunity to read a number of fun novels while traveling, which I will write about, I promise, in an upcoming entry, but fi
I recently read a blog item in Down East magazine speculating on why it is that Maine, that big, craggy, irresistible co