One of Emily Dickinson’s well loved poems begins,  I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room.  These lines came to me recently when I was being interviewed for my newly released novel, Trompe l’Oeil. One que

The 6 mainstream presses in the United States are about to be reduced to 5. Random House and Penguin have decided to merge in an effort to combat the growing power of Internet retailers, primarily Amazon. The presumption is that two large houses combined will emerge more competitive t