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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that if a writer makes reference to Jane Austen in her works, she could likely incur what we’re calling “the wrath…

Award-winning poet and essayist Brian Blanchfield gave himself a strange set of requirements for his new book "Proxies: Essays Near Knowing" – write…

William Stage, a former investigator for the Centers for Disease Control in St. Louis and longtime writer for the Riverfront Times, is back with a new…

Eric Morse first heard the term “punk” as a child while listening to the radio with his parents during the Christmas holidays. His response was instant.“I…

It’s a frequently shared adage in publishing that only 3 percent of the books published in the United States are translations from books originally…

Everyone knows St. Louis is a beer city as much as a river city or Gateway city or 1904 World’s Fair city. But not everyone has the encyclopedic knowledge…

If you’re one of the thousands of die-hard fans of Dexter Morgan, vigilante serial killer, you may not be familiar with Jeff Lindsay; but you nevertheless…

John Keene’s short story collection “Counternarratives” reimagines popular stories in American literature from the African-American perspective. His…

It is often told that St. Louis was founded by French fur traders Pierre Laclède and Auguste Chouteau. However, little is known about how one man, Louis…

Go ahead; call David Handler’s work weird and bizarre. He’ll thank you.Handler has written novels for adults as well as two series for children written…