For book lovers, the opening line is everything. A great first sentence sets the tone, sparks curiosity, and invites readers ...

From Sally Rooney to Richard Powers, the authors we spent time with this year provided a lot of quotable wit and wisdom.

Colons connect two complete sentences when the second sentence completes, explains, or illustrates the idea in the first sentence. Example: A fully prescriptive approach may be harmful in this type of ...