Pam Kelley

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Dorothy Parker once quipped that she hated writing, but loved having written.

I just put “The Best of Second City,” a compilation of the Chicago comedy troupe's classic skits, onto my iPod.

Finally, a wider national audience is discovering the fine writing of North Carolina's Ron Rash.

So many books are published these days that it's easy for a new work to get lost in the crowd.

A colleague stopped by my desk recently and announced: “This is my favorite time of year.”

Many things we admire about Observer Food Editor Kathleen Purvis. For one, her ability to whip up delicious dishes that she generously shares with colleagues.

From his Brooklyn home, novelist Colson Whitehead can see the Empire State Building.

Death, the afterlife, ghosts, dreams – this is the stuff that fascinates Parrish McCullough, the precocious narrator of Kate Betterton's debut novel, “Where the Lake Becomes the River” ($24.95, Novello Festival Press).

It's no huge surprise that Philippa Gregory earned a Ph.D. in history with plans to become a professor.