It’s commonly said that reading has the power to take you anywhere, but books with a strong sense of place take that to a whole new level. Part of Baldwinsville librarian Holly Nichols’ rea

Syracuse University Press Jackie Robinson is a true American hero. No one can honestly argue otherwise. In Syracuse, we might even call him a local hero, if we were willing to stretch the meaning

Hamilton College is currently hosting an International Writers Week through Saturday, March 2, with an international book fair, panel discussions and...

Rezak, retired president of Alfred State College, shares his family’s journey in The Arab and the Brit: The Last of...

Snuggle up for some winter reading

Rochester-based poet Thom Ward delivers a line from his most recent poetry collection, Etcetera’s Mistress (Accents Publishing, 2011), in a deep, crisp deadpan baritone that gives weight to e

Cornell physics professor Paul McEuen’s debut novel Spiral receives critical praise

Since hockey parents are generally awake at 4 a.m. to drive their kids to practice, they have plenty of time in the stands to read, pay bills and chat. “When I became a hockey mom I had a lot of free time in the stands,” says WSYR- Channel 9 morning news anchor Christie Casciano.

Melville Clark’s multifaceted musical legacy to Syracuse gets star treatment in a new book

Harpist Linda Pembroke Kaiser didn’t intend to write a book when she began two decades of research on Syracuse musician Melville A. Clark (1883-1953). But this man of many hats (and many harps)—former head of the 150-year-old family-owned Clark Music Company, inventor of the Clark Irish harp, and the first president of Syracuse’s first symphony orchestra—inspired Kaiser to don a new hat of her own. 

A word of warning to those who plan on attending the upcoming book signings by Marvin Druger: Don’t ask him an open-ended question, or the sessions may run long. Make that very long. A telephone conversation with Druger, the wildly popular but now retired professor of biology at Syracuse University, with wife Pat commenting in the background, sounds like a version of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.