Between medieval and modern, Oxford seeks equilibrium
January 2008 | By Jan Morris

The acclaimed novelist probes our yearning for a fixed address
December 2007 | By Richard Ford

Like the four generations of Angelenos who preceded her, the best-selling author likes to get around
October 2007 | By Lisa See

The author traces some abiding infatuations—and old antagonisms—to his seaside boyhood home
September 2007 | By Jonathan Yardley

Atlantans regard summer—and the overheated tourists it spawns—woefully
August 2007 | By Melissa Fay Greene

Thirty-five years after "defecting" to the Barbary Coast, the bestselling novelist still loves his city by the bay
July 2007 | By Armistead Maupin

In 1950s Des Moines, childhood was "unsupervised, unregulated and robustly physical"
February 2007 | By Bill Bryson

The tentative city the sportswriter grew up in has regained a bit of swagger
January 2007 | By Frank Deford

The late author of savvy Native American sleuth stories reflected on his cherished Southwestern high desert home
December 2006 | By Tony Hillerman

Uncomfortable in a world of privilege, a novelist headed for the hills
November 2006 | By Ellen Gilchrist

Tourists flock to the World Trade Center site, but for New Yorkers, 9/11 is history.
September 2006 | By Pete Hamill

Studs Terkel, America’s best-known oral historian, never wavered in his devotion to the Windy City
July 2006 | By Studs Terkel

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