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The novelist and Pulitzer Prize--winning columnist argues for the importance of writing, to find human connection and to identify what really matters in life. Her inspirations include World War II [...]

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anna Quindlen left her position at the New York Times after 20 years of employment to focus on her writing career and to be home with her three children. Part of the reason she left was the satisfaction she got from a less frantic pace of life.

An appreciation of the works of writer Laurie Colwin is presented and details of her life are described. Colwin used words to convey ordinary life in an extraordinary way and in her own life was responsible for bringing people together.

A woman learned as a young woman while taking care of her siblings and terminally ill mother that life should be enjoyed to the fullest and should never be taken for granted.

Byline: Anna Quindlen Facial Expression Your reflection in the mirror is a record of resistance and acceptance, history and identity, loss and hope. And, ultimately, a tribute to the people [...]

In this article the author suggests that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama must resist responding to perceived negative public sentiment and govern decisively. She argues that the Democratic Party must pass health care reform legislation despite its unpopularity. She contends that only firm political leadership can bring about political change.

The article looks at U.S. President Barack Obama's first year in office. The author discusses Obama's campaign promises including his health care agenda, the closing of the detention center, Guantánamo and ending the military policy of "don't ask, don't tell." The article also offers a time line of Obama's first year as President including events such as signing into law his first bill, and announcing intentions to end U.S. combat in Iraq by August 31, 2010.

Byline: Anna Quindlen The future of reading is backlit and bright. The stages of a writer's professional life are marked not by a name on an office door, but by [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Three big binders bring a message from a new generation about the future of the news business. The last bit of evidence arrived in the form of [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Being a parent is easy and intuitive, correct? Well, no--it's just customary to pretend that that's the case. Several years ago a psychologist named Laurie Miller Brotman [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen There's no need to waste time with further study. The policy on gays in the military must be overturned now. The most unlikely blurb of this publishing [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen It would be so much easier for Americans to get a handle on the financial crisis if they knew what it was about. Come on, be honest: [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Congress loves abstinence-only programs so much it has thrown big bucks at them. The public? It's got better ideas. It is a truth universally acknowledged that there [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Mary Todd may have been the first to see greatness in her husband. But once he was a legend, history saw only the worst in her. As [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen American women have found a new way to keep abortion a personal and private responsibility. It comes with a glass of water. This is how it works: [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen The welfare of women should be a key component of American foreign policy. And we've got the woman to make that happen. As Barack Obama and Hillary [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen The atmosphere demands it, the American people need it. The Inaugural Address should be the first salvo by an orator in chief. Dear president-elect Obama, your Inaugural [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen As the boom times fade, an important holiday question surfaces: why in the world did we buy all this junk in the first place? What passes for [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Occasionally America turns out to be every bit as good as its hype. It's thrilling to be around to witness one of those moments. The American Museum [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen If the millennials seize the (election) day, they could transform the terms of American civic engagement for decades to come. Over the past decade American children have, [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Americans look for the character trait that the times require. There's no question: this moment cries out for stability. When the term 'character issue' first became the [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen One of the greatest natural resources in America is going underused. And she may be sitting right at the next desk. Years ago someone referred to me [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen The country is in a mess. Do not be distracted by the gossip, nonsense or lies. The time to really focus on the facts is now. Today [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen If you're a Republican, you'd better learn. The right wing that trashed the women's movement suddenly finds its inner feminist. Hypocrisy is only bad when it is [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen In the future, all presidential candidates should be sent to a secure, undisclosed location with lemonade and some Adam Smith. One night we went to dinner, and [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen It can be tough being black in America. But the tough stuff builds character. Maybe that's why Barack Obama got this far this fast. Much of America's [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen The terrorists have laptops in their hideouts. Can America afford to have a leader who is just learning how to use one? Honest Abe was a techie. [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen A teacher who is psyched about engaging struggling students learns that bureaucracy is more important than pedagogy. Each year in the state of Indiana, librarians, teachers and [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Sometimes big events shake the nation's sense of self. But sometimes it is the small things, like the sound of jingle mail. The symbol of the summer [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Senator? Senator! I have gray hair and crow's feet and a lifetime of being underestimated. I'm nobody's sweetie. And I vote. Congrats, Senator Obama, from one of [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen Scream, shout, jump up and down. No matter. The gay-marriage issue is over and done with. The upshot: love won. During his sophomore year in high school, [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen It can still be a victory lap even if you don't win. Hillary Clinton should be thinking about her legacy, and how best to use it. On [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen The most important decision a president ever makes? It's choosing a Supreme Court nominee. Voters, take note. John Roberts could probably walk through any Home Depot in [...]

Byline: Anna Quindlen There was a time when John McCain had positions. Then he ran for president, and everything was suddenly up for grabs. Barack Obama morphed in the public [...]