Dear Amy: My 8-year-old niece is having trouble coping with and sorting out her feelings. She is confused by her mother’s abandonment of the family home and by her mother’s very erratic behavior. One ...

Dear Amy: I am a college librarian whose job (among many) is to make purchases for our students and the community at large. I greatly appreciate your encouragement of reading, as well as your book ...

Dear Amy: My 8-year-old niece is having trouble coping with and sorting out her feelings. She is confused by her mother’s abandonment of the family home and by her mother’s very erratic behavior. One ...

Dear Amy: My son is 8 years old and is very talkative and inquisitive. He asks lots of “why” questions that don’t always coincide with the current conversation, but are about a previous topic. His two ...

Amy Reading first encountered legendary New Yorker editor Katharine Sergeant White in an essay about her relationship with the writer Jean Stafford. Over their long friendship, Reading says, ...