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Columnist Bill McClellan writes about the tenants of the once-desirable Seltzer building. They dont want to leave, but its falling apart.

Segregation has shaped St. Louis as surely as the waters of the Mississippi River. In “The Material World of Modern Segregation: St. Louis in the Long Era of Ferguson,” Washington University in St. Louis scholars, seek to follow that troubled course through physical traces, oral histories, fragmented communities and continuing grassroot struggles.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Reedy's Mirror was one of the most important literary journals in America and abroad. William Reedy, its editor,...

The Irish immigrants who flocked to St. Louis in the 19th and 20th centuries faced prejudice and violence — but in many cases also found good fortune.

Newcomers to St. Louis often ask why the Gateway City needs two St. Patrick’s Day parades. Webster Groves author Patrick Murphy answers this quandary and more in his latest book,

In “Candy Men: The History of Switzer’s Licorice,” Patrick Murphy, former Nine PBS producer and announcer, tells the story of how the Murphy and Switzer families made candies in St.