On Books & Writing

In which I find myself as a special guest on two separate podcasts, both of them hosted by David Kern, for conversations about Madeleine L'Engle and the best movies of 2018.

As the four volumes of The Auralia Thread reach their decennial anniversaries, here's a challenge for imaginations of kids young and old: the first-ever Auralia's Coloring Contest.

Image editor Greg Wolfe interviews poet and social activist Carolyn Forché.

A new interview with Karen Peris raises the question: Who are your favorite children's book illustrators?

Among the many artists we lost in 2016, the one who influenced me the most passed away on Christmas Eve. Without his imagination, I might have lived a very different life.

In which Looking Closer launches a new, intermittent series on creative writing and the art of the opening chapter. Writers—take note!