On a rainy Saturday, Gary Shockley likes to read. He also likes to get in a run and work in the yard (“there’s always something”). On a sunny Saturday, the same – only drier. What is it about the yard…
Keith Meacham, co-chair of this year’s Literary Award Gala, read Presumed Innocent on a beach trip in 1988. It was her first Scott Turow novel, and she was in for a surprise. “It must have just come out in paperback around then,…
Pepper wanted to carve a pumpkin. I told her, “No, you’re only 4 months old. I don’t think you’re ready for that.” For a moment, her spirits sank and her head hung low. Then she looked at me with those puppy…