Personally I'm a big fan of referrals and book reviews. I won't buy a book unless I've researched it first and I normally won't read a book unless I own it. Libraries are okay for research but I hate waiting for books to come in and the more popular fiction books are almost always checked out.

I don't see any problem with this new law. Normally you would want the police to check if someone has any outstanding warrants before they are released from jail, and this law just sounds like an extension of that policy. Let's face it if an immigrant is in this country illegally they're breaking th...

I've always considered myself agnostic as opposed to atheist, not because I believe in god, but because I choose to believe in the existence of a soul. I don't adhere to any specific religion or god and instead have adopted a wait and see stance. As long as I do 'good' deeds I'm set for the afterlif...

I just quit smoking about six months ago so technically I'm Non-Smoking now. In reality it just means I'm past the short term effects but still have several years yet before I clear the crap out of my lungs. I still have nostalgia from time to time but nothing like the cravings I suffered the first ...

I'm taking a Modern Poetry course this term and one of the poems I'm reading is "Drowning Girl" by Beth Bentley. Since New York Quarterly technically owns the rights to circulate the poem I shouldn't post it in its entirety, but I can probably divulge a few lines if I cite it's for educati...