What did Jane Austen read, in between writing "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma"? In "Jane Austen's Bookshelf," "Pawn Stars" ...
Simon & Schuster tells authors to stop soliciting endorsements. I think the practice is still worthwhile.
Arielle Zibrak, a professor of English at the University of Wyoming, edited a volume of short stories by American women writers that is forthcoming from Penguin Classics in March.