Calling someone nostalgic is an “affectionate insult at best,” Svetlana Boym has written, and few people appreciate the affection. Although the term has shed its medical connotations—it was first used ...

Bonnet rippers," " 'Fifty Shades of Grey' for church ladies," "evangelical erotica" ... Freelance writer Valerie Weaver-Zercher has read 40 to 50 of those popular Amish romance novels. And despite the ...

The man rides along in a buggy, black hat shading his face, horse trotting ahead of him. As author Mindy Starns Clark pens him, he’s thinking, maybe praying, enjoying his surroundings as the vehicle ...