To eat breakfast in the backyard before the heat gets too fierce, my wife and I try to rise early in summer, savoring a quiet hour with eggs and coffee while the sun is still low. I start each…

Louisiana got some positive media coverage in The New York Times this month, scoring a nice publicity coup in part because of the lively bookstore scene in New Orleans. The Times article, writ…

I’ve been remembering my late father, gone many years now, as another Father’s Day rolls around, though he comes to me more often in the quiet hours of an ordinary day rather than banner occasions.

Smiley Anders, whose column appeared in this newspaper for many years, will be remembered as an artful scribe, leaving behind thousands of columns and several published collections of his work…