Ruden in her preface stated that she decided to write a biography of Vergil largely out of curiosity. She is the author of an acclaimed translation of the Aeneid, and she became increasingly intrigued ...

Royal biographies are a bit like buses. You wait for one, and then two come along at once. Had Ingrid Seward’s latest book been published before Robert Hardman’s headline-grabbing Charles III, it ...

So you landed a stage role—congrats! Whether you’re making your Broadway debut or playing Villager #4 in a school musical, your name is about to be in print. Now you have one task: writing your ...

Several years ago, I joined a writing group at the home of a woman who I knew little about. My friend who had known her and had worked with her on several projects introduced us. We met weekly at her ...