There are three things I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.Actually, that quote is from Linus, the...
“Dance on Saturday,” by Elwin Cotwin (Small Beer Press)You may have heard of “Holidays in Hell,” the darkly comic book by P.J. O’Rourke about his...
When Scotty Swan, 45, was a child, his mother hired a magician named Sky to do magic tricks for his birthday party. Sky was one of the only African...
“Though worms destroy my body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.”What can that mean, Leverett author John J. Clayton asks. “My body is already being...
A line of vehicles waited outside the entrance to Amherst Regional High School with their lights on during one brisk fall evening last week, ready...
ASHFIELD — Jorma Kansanen is the author of a newly published young adult fantasy book titled “Wild As The Wind,” which is the start of four-part...
Michael Gorra’s first real brush with William Faulkner came just over four decades ago when, as a recent Amherst College graduate, he was teaching...
“The Memory Monster” by Yishai Sarid; translated by Yardenne GreenspanHow should the Holocaust be remembered? The unnamed narrator of Yishai Sarid...