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Maryland excels at producing short story writers who have perfected the art of the close-up shot

Stephen M. Ross, who devoted years to studying novelist William Faulkner and was a retired National Endowment for the Humanities official, died of a stroke Aug. 21 in Philadelphia. The Catonsville resident was 69.

Groups and special events taking place at Howard County library branches

Groups and special events taking place at Howard County library branches

J. Scott Fuqua draws on his childhood struggles for his acclaimed children's books

"Double Double: A Dual Memoir of Alcoholism" chronicles a mother's and son's slide into alcoholism, recovery and relapse

"Americanah" spent a week on the New York Times best-seller list for hardcover fiction

Jason Odell Williams doesn't yet know if he'll be attending the 65th Emmy Awards on Sept. 22 or even for sure if he'll receive his own golden statuette.

It seemed like an odd time for books to fly off a school library's shelves, but Halstead Academy students Ethan Pranke and Noah Neverdon could scarcely resist.

Baltimore-born author Adelle Waldman gets inside the male psyche to file dispatches in the gender wars

Second installment of 'So Say the Waiters' to be released in September, TV deal could follow

Three publishers will release author's collection of two novellas, a book of short stories and her full-length work of magical realism

Many of the officers assigned to the Woodlawn Precinct never met Sgt. Bruce A. Prothero. But they'd recognize his smile from photos they pass every day.

Faye Green, a retiree from the National Security Agency, has written a novel "Dicey" about a widow seeking a new life

"The Chaperone" is based loosely on the life of silent movie star Louise Brooks and has been optioned for film by actress Elizabeth McGovern

Timonium resident and former pediatrician Dr. Robert Yim has just published a book, "Sleeping with Mae West and Other Stories."

Private eye Easy Rawlins explores the 1960s counterculture as he trawls LA's Sunset Strip in "Little Green"

Starting at age 15, author spent nine years witnessing the deaths of drug dealers, gang members, AIDS patients, infants, and classmates.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was, without doubt, the most important rail system in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. There's hardly a pivotal battle or event during the four-year conflict in which the B&O didn't play at least some role.

When a childish act can have lifelong consequences, adults must exercise good judgment

"The Wonder Bread Summer" mines Blau's experience as a college student in the California counterculture in the 1980s.

The Johns Hopkins University has discontinued its science writing master's program because the number of applications has fallen by two-thirds, something that makes it not competitive enough, according to administrators.

Patuxent Valley Middle School in Jessup held its first-ever Reading Night, to celebrate all things reading and the importance of the written word.