Louisa May Alcott

the casting is so perfect and the acting so wonderful....re sparingly done, poorly cast.... ... Full Review

But thankfully these moments are few, and this accomplished film manages to do what most literary biographies cannot:....t imagine this film working as well as it does without the right actors....We leave with an appreciation of Louisa May Alcott and a better understanding for her place in U.S. cultural as well as literary history..... ... Full Review

Louisa May Alcott inspired generations of girls with her own portrait in "Little Women" as rowdy, moody Jo March, who wished she had been born a boy, loved to run and skate, wrote plays with dashing parts for herself and... ... Full Article

"Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women" (Henry Holt and Co., 384 pages, $26), by Harriet Reisen: In her new biography of the fiercely independent author of "Little Women," screenwriter Harriet Reisen draws a lively, engrossing portrait of Louisa... ... Full Article

The University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble has come a long way since the mid-1990s days of Deseret Industries costumes and an endlessly re-purposed hand-me-down set. ... Full Article

Thwack! Thwack! How Michael Rosen, the Children's Laureate, made his audience laugh as he remembered the indignity of being caned. How the bunch of 10-year-olds, dazzled by the sight of Michael Morpurgo, dressed all in red, lapped up the information... ... Full Article

Ever wondered what Louisa May Alcott looked like? That's her at left; it's her portrait in the New York Public Library's digital authors collection . ... Full Article

Meyer is a rather unlikely publishing superstar, although she has managed her own fame in a intuitive, almost big-sisterly way. She maintains a gossipy homepage, appears in pyjamas at "pyjama party" book readings and sold Twilight-related T-shirts she designed herself... ... Full Article