An avid reader, Joanna graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, where she read everything from Mein Kampf to Mother Goose. Her writing can also be found on her blog, Post-Grad Apocalypse. Write to her here.
It is impossible to trace the origins of a fairy tale absolutely. Passing through oral tradition, these 'Once upon a times's are eventually written down not once, but many times over by various authors with differing...
For many kids, summer means returning to camp, rejoining seasonal friends and taking part in capture the flag and campfire storytelling. For aspiring novelists, summer means returning to a different kind of camp: Camp NaNoWriMo.Many are already aware...
This weekend, Austinites can experience the epic journey of Jean Valjean and his struggle for redemption through the Broadway Across America tour production of "Les Miserables". The show, based on Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, is...
Why was "The Great Gatsby" trending earlier this week on Twitter in Austin? Sadly, it's not because of a sudden flourish of new readers tweeting glowing reviews of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel...
In the moment it takes a graduation cap to hit the floor, millions of Austinites will leave their student lives behind them. Unfortunately, given the current economy, many of them will not be leaving their parents' house. ...
Portraits are more commonly associated with painting, or more recently photography. But books are also portraits, using words like brushstrokes to create characters in the reader's mind. These characters can be imagined or real, remembered from...
Fans of Jane Austen can regret just one thing about the English author's work: that there isn't more of it. Just six complete novels form the bulk of her direct contribution to literature. But...
Mark Twain said, 'The more I know about people, the better I like my dog.' This humorously cutting remark against humanity is also a perfect example of the well-known connection felt between people and their pets...
Last week, President Obama made headlines by explicitly stating his support for legalizing gay marriage. Having the stated support of the White House is the latest milestone in the history of the gay rights movement, which has a long...
Today, there are an infinite number of sources from which to get the news. Traffic updates on Twitter, bloggers reporting from their laptops around the world, and mixing the updates of friends with the fall of dictators in your...