WRITING

Each year, hundreds of formal challenges asking for the removal of “inappropriate” books from shelves and syllabi are filed with schools and libraries across the country.

Celebrate Banned Books Week by giving these once-censored classics a read.

“Cut out all these exclamation points," F. Scott Fizgerald once said. "An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”

"I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter." —D.H. Lawrence

Writers used to instill good manners through strange, scary cautionary tales—and some stories were so bizarre it's a wonder the kids that read them turned out OK.

There are plenty of things even the most ardent fans don't know about 'The Lord of the Rings' author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.

The screenplay is complete enough that it could be created by filmmakers today.

Believe it or not, we're all probably mispronouncing 'Walden' author Henry David Thoreau's name.

One technological breakthrough left the common pencil in the dust.

... and your other burning, pencil-related questions answered.

The one space-versus-two space debate rages on.

His contributions to philosophy are immense, even though he never seemed to fully agree with himself.