Long weekends mean one thing for book lovers: More time to read! We always recommend you read everything you can get your hands on. But if you’re looking for something new, we have a few suggestions for you—books that we can personally vouch for. Here...
Henry Flagler is a name that ranks among the highest of American royalty. A contemporary of Asheville’s own George Vanderbilt and co-founder with John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil, Henry Flagler was arguably one of the richest men in the world at the end of...
“The book was better,” is what most people say when films are based on literature. And most of the time they are correct. But then came “The Great Gatsby,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Baz Luhrmann. Luhrmann’s other films include “Strictly Ballroom” and “Moulin...
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending a reading by Philip Schultz, Pullitzer prizewinning poet and founder of the Writer’s Workshop. I had been only vaguely familiar with Schultz’s work, but as is so often the case when I attend readings, I sense...
Though we still have a long way to go in terms of what our young girls are exposed to in popular media, girls have way more choices for good books that address real issues than they did in the 80’s when I was busy reading...
At POP, several times a year we make large book donations to maximum security prisons. We spend week beforehand lining up permissions and details so that we can leave a stack of books at their front door. We are never invited in. Prisons are designed...
