September 2025

In 'The Murmur of Everything Moving,' Maureen Stanton relates how her passionate, tumultuous young love with Steve changed inalterably when he got sick.

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Memoir and musings about writing from life

Alarm appears to be rising about how the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is consolidating data about Americans.

Brain and Heart: The Triumphs and Struggles of a Pediatric Neurosurgeon by David I. Sandberg MD book review. Click to read the full review of Brain and Heart: The Triumphs and Struggles of a Pediatric...

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By Maureen Stanton In The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers, John Gardner famously wrote about the “fictive dream,” whereby writers use “images that appeal to our senses”…

Maureen Stanton’s newest memoir is a work of singular witness

3/27/25 - A book announcement

What goes into writing a compelling memoir, and what makes this genre popular among readers?

An award-winning author explores love and loss in this poignant memoir.

When Maureen Stanton's boyfriend, Steve, at 29, was diagnosed with cancer, they embarked on an all-out effort to save his life. Meanwhile, Steve's childhood friend, Joey, a drug addict, sold Steve's p...

From 1942 to 1945, the Code Talkers were key to every major operation of the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater.

By Ben Meiselas

"I'd given up on this memoir, but for some reason I opened up the file one day a couple of years ago. The story still compelled me, so I thought I'd try to publish parts of it..."

Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made it clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to slash the federal government and to privatize its current services.