Jennifer Willson

5 Ways to Help You Mourn the Loss of Gourmet

It’s a rough day for all you foodies out there. Conde Nast just announced that after 68 years of food, food and more glorious food, Gourmet Magazine will be closing up shop. That means good bye to...

Make a plan for the National Book Festival.

In just one week, our nation’s backyard will be host to some serious megawatt literary talent at the 9th annual National Book Festival. Authors, poets and novelists galore, giving readings and signing books. Multiple pavilions, stretching 7 blocks...

Get ready for Dan Brown fever.

Ahh, September in Washington. The humidity finally eases off, the city comes back to life, and the tourist surges begin to wane. But not this September. Beware Washingtonians, our backyard is about to be overtaken by Dan Brown mania.Just...

This weekend: Start celebrating 25 years of Politics and Prose

We've all heard the sad tales of mom and pop shops getting crushed by the big guys. And we all feel the sting when a local bookshop has to close its doors in the shadow of big box retailers...

Ready or not, here comes 3D Hamlet.

If you can't make it to the annual Shakespeare Free For All this year, have no fear- MTV is promising to serve up a rendition of the Bard's classics that will surely make a lasting impression. The music...

Shakespeare? For Free? For All? You bet.

It's hard to justify theater tickets when we're in a bit of an economic pickle. But what if those prime seats in a brand new theater for a world class performance of a Shakespearean classic were totally, 100...

Get ready for the 2009-10 PEN/Faulkner Reading Series.

Summer is winding down, your summer reading list is feeling stale, and the haze of Washington in August has us all feeling just too sluggish to get excited about anything--let alone literature.But what if I could promise you...

The Lion in the Senate leaves a legacy--and a long awaited memior.

It's an incredibly sad week for this nation. We've lost one of the biggest champions for the little guy, a powerful fixture on the political scene, and an icon of the ages. It's quite certain that we...

High 5: Hungry for more Julia.

Since Meryl Streep and Amy Adams hit the big screen in the highly entertaining and wholly enjoyable Julie and Julia, best seller lists all over the country have been blowing up with a French/American classic. Julia Child's own...

Last chance to get a free (digital) book from Oprah!

They say nothing in life is free. Unless you're the early bird who gets the worm. Or something.Anyway, if you're up and at em on time this morning, head over to Oprah.com before 10:59 AM...

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