LeVar Burton Reads Octavia Butler
We're thrilled to share that LeVar Burton's Fable Book Group will now be reading Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. Join now to read alongside LeVar! https://bit.ly/3iMipR8
"Our job is to grab kids and set them on fire...you can feel like this when you read books, you can feel like this when something touches you. And if you read the rest of your life, if you're touched like this the rest of your life, you're a free man or woman."
Encouraging advice for teachers (and the rest of us) from legendary author and teacher Pat Conroy:
In memory of Open Road author Hal Moore:
Joseph Galloway talks deciding to write "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" with his lifelong friend Hal Moore.
Congrats to Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop on winning the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award!
Bishop in our 2011 tribute to Virginia Hamilton:
E. R. Braithwaite In Memoriam
Remembering E.R. Braithwaite, beloved author, diplomat, teacher, and former RAF pilot who passed away in December 2016 at the age of 104.
"Dream dreams. Have visions. But let no obstacles stop you."
Rest in Peace, Ruth Gruber.
Remembering Muhammad Ali
Biographer Thomas Hauser, boxing legend George Foreman, and Muhammad Ali's daughter Hana Ali remember her father in this moving video.
Pat Conroy: In Memorium
"Our sadness knows no bounds. Our great friend and stalwart supporter Pat Conroy has left us much too soon. Our hearts are breaking. Rest in peace, beloved Pat." -- Jane Friedman, CEO Open Road Integrated Media
Looking for a Christmas Eve showstopper? Let Canal House Cooking show you how to make a Roasted Chicken with Tomato Butter that lends the perfect rustic touch http://bit.ly/1qq2FmX
"More women die from heart disease than from all types of cancer combined," says Martha Lear, who found herself in the same coronary unit where she lost her husband Hal thirty years prior. Here Martha discusses how she went from a caregiver to a patient, an experience she details in her stunning memoir Echoes of Heartsounds.
“It was the ’80s. It was the age of the powersuit, and the 10-minute meal, and, ‘oh look, we have the microwave ovens.’ And she just dismissed all of that,” says Rosa Jurjevics of her iconic food writer mother, the late Laurie Colwin (1944–1992).
Throughout her career, both Colwin’s food and fiction writing gained a cult following, with her intimate writing style that is as comforting as the food she cooks.
Watch Jurjevics, Victoria Wilson, and Emily Gould discuss Colwin’s legacy and why her writing matters more than ever.
Need holiday menu inspiration? Baking master Gesine Bullock-Prado shares the healing power of her desserts. http://bit.ly/1qq2FmX