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Some contributors provided the titles and brief descriptions of the books they’re recommending. Others wrote short essays, which we understand, because we find it hard to limit our thoughts about the books we love, too. In all cases, we truly appreciate their input. And if you have a book you’d like to recommend, please write us a letter. You can find our letter guidelines here. We hope you enjoy these recommendations and whatever you find yourself reading this summer. Louise Barnett, professor emeritus of American studies at Rutgers University and a Lancaster County resident: Iâ€...

Men asked to imagine selves as women, San Diego Okies remember, celebrities asked to recite poetry Author Photo by Sandy Huffaker, Jr. Rodolfo Curiel shares something strangely in common with other prominent San Diegans — he lived in San Diego, California. Curiel was a linebacker for Serra High School's team in the late '80s, and his picture hangs on the "Wall of Fame" in the Round Table Pizza in Tierrasanta. Our tiny, Southern namesake and its vast, luminous sky. Our namesake lies due west of Corpus Christi, past flat miles of sorghum, wheat and cotton fields, and towns with shops smelling...

Print Tomorrow, April 4, kicks off National Library Week, this year’s theme being “Welcome to Your Library.” “Write dramatic, button-holing leads to your stories,” James Thurber’s editor commanded him during his early days as a newspaper reporter. In response, Thurber turned in a murder story that began, “Dead. That’s what the man was when they found him with a knife in his back at 4 p.m. in front of Riley’s Saloon at the corner of 52nd and 12th Streets.” Some beginnings are so famously effective that readers can look at them and name the literary works they lead off. Iden...

Hailed in the West as the most important book about China since ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’.

by Hilary Spurling This article was first published in the October 14, 2010 issue of The announcement by the Swedish Academy in November 1938 that Pearl Buck had been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature was met with sarcasm and even derision by many writers and critics. They were not impressed that this was the third choice by the academy of an American writer in a mere eight years—the first being Sinclair Lewis in 1930, the second Eugene O’Neill in 1936. Pearl Buck had dedicated her writing life to novels and memoirs about China, and her selection was seen as a sop to public opinion...