WRITING

If you are so much as a leisurely fan of American fiction, you likely already know the story of how Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' came into the world, but there are many stories about the book's history that might just surprise you.

By his death at 70 in 1857, Holman had walked, climbed, ridden, hiked, and sailed a total distance equal to traveling to the moon. So why haven't you heard of him?

One key to being a good writer is to always keep reading—and that doesn't change after you've been published.

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For readers young and old.

You can thank us later for creating your reading list for the next five years.

In 1969, Ebert was asked to write a "camp rock-and-roll horror exploitation musical." So he did.

A new analysis shows that we're more error-prone during the first day of the work week—and that these mistakes affect response rate.

"My parents were always uncertain and it really doesn't matter. I celebrate January 2, 1920, so let it be."

The research on how cursive handwriting benefits educational development is spotty.

T.S. Eliot is best known for writing "The Waste Land," but the Nobel Prize winner was also a prankster who coined a perennially popular curse word and created the characters brought to life in the Broadway musical "Cats."

As one of the founding fathers of science fiction, Herbert George Wells certainly had a lot to say about the human race.