Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

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When she began, she was working on two different books — a gothic romance and a thriller about ice dancers. “Neither one was working and I just kept bouncing back and forth. Finally ...

If Steeds, 31, is feeling the pressure of being one of the most hyped debut authors of the year she is doing a good job of hiding it. We’re in a small book-lined room in the offices of her ...