Upstart Crow

"The responsibility we have as novelists is to not be colonizers of another life, but we are to instead, live that other life . " - Jessica Anthony The Most by writer Jessica Anthony lives up to its title—it takes place in a day but it is about all the days that have gone before in the lives of Kathleen and Virgil, and all that they have done wrong, dramatized in a slim, perfect novel. Long listed...

“Couldn’t you see Ben Franklin using noise-cancelling headphones and a MacBook Air Pro?” - Eric Weiner Is that a big stretch or not so much? While Ben was one of the United States’ founders and earliest statesmen and diplomats, he also was a scientist—remember his experiment with the kite and key?—and a writer— Poor Richard’s Almanac , remember that? But what else did he do? A lot, as it turns out...