Since Jane Yolen has an impressive catalogue of books, it is hard to believe that her first work was not published until 1963. Having written books of poems, fiction, and non-fiction for children, young adults, and adults alike, Yolen would seem to have...

Jane Yolen is one of the most prolific contemporary writers of children's stories. Since 1963, she has written well over sixty books, including poetry collections, realistic stories, animal tales, ABC books, and fantasies. Her special talents, however, l...

OXES. MAY I DIVULGE? Eh-hmmm ... in one swath these mother-'fers take the stage and make udder mockery of any ambitionist that ever advanced upon said arena. Baltimore, a town disputed as a poor man's New York. Edgar Allen Poe, John Waters, natty-bo beer,...

Every so often, a complex question of Jewish law presented itself to Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz (1730-1805), the famed Rabbi of Frankfurt, Germany. The neighborhood butcher had brought before him a particularly complicated case. A defect had been discovered in the lung of a slaughtered...