"One of my first memories is of being read aloud to. My mother would prop me in a corner of the sofa and read to me before I was old enough to sit up by myself. But my parents were determined that I not learn to read before I went to school; they were af...

Robin McKinley achieved renown in the field of children's literature with her first novel, Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978), and her reputation has continued to grow. Her fourth book, The Hero and the Crown (1984), won the...

Robin McKinley has been described by her friends Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold in Horn Book as a "person who approaches every instant and event with such boisterousness, energy, and vehemence that even the most mundane aspects of her life are infus...

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Popp Yarn Corp., Hattboro, Pa., will reopen a 30,000-spindle yarn mill in Cateechee, S.C., under the name of Clemson Yarn Corp. by the end of the year. The operation, located in an old Dan River gray mill, will spin...

THE HISTORY of End on End is short but very interesting. With only one show under their belt you might think that they are just a side band, but that's simply not the case. With influences from early '80s hardcore to melodic indie...