The family of Lucy Maud Mongtomery, author of the beloved "Anne of Green Gables" series of young adult novels, has recently revealed that the author's death in 1942 was in fact suicide. The news came in an article in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper written by the Montogomery's granddaughter Kate Macdonald Butler.Montgomery struggled with depression … Continue reading Depression’s Cost–Part 2

Two authors are among the 25 recipients of the latest round of the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grants." Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus, and Alex Roth, who penned The Rest is Noise, a history of music in the twentieth century, will each receive $500,000 to further their work.Since … Continue reading Bolt from the Blue