It’s 8am in the morning in San Francisco and the 82-year-old Isabel Allende has already received two emails from readers asking for advice. “People write to me all the time saying they have diaries ...

WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels When writer Isabel Allende creates characters for her novels, she often looks to real people as “models.” For a crime ...

Isabel Allende. Famous quote ... Achebe’s works extend beyond novels to essays, poetry and short stories. His books can be found at Penguin Random House. Famous quote: “If you don ...

Maya Angelou, “Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem” “On the first day of Christmas ... distance and silence.” — Isabel Allende ...

That’s where Thanksgiving poems come in. Stirring words from some of the greatest poets in history can give voice to your gratitude. It’s important to take a moment to say thank you ...

“I wanted to see a skateboard-riding, poetry-speaking ... my Spanglish, my love of Isabel Allende and Toni Morrison. I am open about what it was like growing up young and Latina in Arizona ...

For extraordinary storytelling, in poetry and in prose ... It's probably Julia, Isabel Allende, Edwidge Danticat, Sandra Cisneros. I think that might be the like Mount Rushmore of ...

Limón continues celebrating her signature project, "You Are Here," connecting readers to nature through poetry, plus more of ...

I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope' will hit bookshelves on April 1, 2025 Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

In a new series USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives, whether it's at home, on the set or on the road. On a rainy day in Sonoma, California, a young Ada Limón ...