Art can change everything.
The 1950s thriller that haunts author Karen Russell from book to book.
Helen Phillips remembers her most devastating reading experience.
Having the chutzpah to join the family business.
“I love the song and I would sing it every night … Just one of those magic songs.”
Where a troubled teen discovered Sylvia Plath: in a Charlie Sheen TV movie.
How the hilariously profane comedian inspired a young girl from the Bronx.
