I have to admit that I've been neglecting my blog for some time. Yes. But moving in to another country (from Germany to Ecuador - that...

Throughout his successful career as a playwright, Shakespeare wrote 17 comedies, 10 tragedies, and 10 histories - all that along numerous ...

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser Publisher : New Amer Library Classics (2009) Genre : Realistic fiction Buy from  Amazon Sin...

Today, in 1828, was born Leo Tolstoy - one of the greatest writers and philosophers of all time. A master of realistic fiction, To...

When it comes to writers, literary taste is considered to be their most, if not solely, important quality. But when it comes to people ...

I just came across a wonderful mini-lecture about book design delivered by Chip Kidd. A real book designer, a real artist of books should...