Topic: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Leading Ideas: There's Energy in What You're Hiding

“We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.” -- Sue Grafton (1940- ) American Novelist Consider ...READ»

How Thriller Novelist J.C. Hutchins Turned a Passionate Fan Base Into Successful Book Sales

Does an author need a publisher anymore? Are the rules of book publishing crumbling? Successful thriller writer J.C. Hutchins shares his thoughts.READ»

Speed Writer

Introducing the 60-second novelist.READ»

Famous People Who Live in Chicago

Here are some of the more notable residents in around the University of Chicago Booth School of Business:READ»

Leading Ideas: Reopen Your Heart

Browsing through some photographs at a street fair this weekend I came across a simple image of a field and a forest. For a moment, I was transported there. It looked like a place I used to play as a kid. A sense of freedom came ...READ»

A Monthly Column on Culture

Anne Here's my take on business and the natural order. Synergy was all a big mistake. Nature is hardwired for antisynergy. Do coyotes collaborate with sheep? Do fish empower dragonflies in the pond? Naturally, that brings AOL Time ...READ»

Culture

Anne Every morning as I read another dreary story of greed-head corporate malfeasance and insider arrogance, I remember two of my favorite pieces of satire. One is a comedy sketch starring Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live, where ...READ»

Culture

Anne Having read each new newspaper story about the impending war with Iraq, I'm familiar with (and not entirely unsympathetic to) the Bush administration's rationale: We need to prevent Saddam from deploying biological and nuclear ...READ»

What I Learned on My Summer Vacation

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Seattle: City of the Year

The capital of the Pacific Northwest is blessed with divine geography, frontier spirit, and an abundance of both artists and geeks. Plus, it's not even that rainy.READ»

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State of the New Economy

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