Anne Lamott and Neal Allen have co-authored "Good Writing," the companion volume to Lamott's "Bird By Bird." (Christie Hemm Klok / For The Times) They’re so darn cute together, these two. Neal Allen, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The phrase comes from a childhood memory that Lamott recounts early in the book. Her 10-year-old brother had to write a report on ...

Bestselling author Anne Lamott drew a sold-out audience to Napa Valley College on Tuesday for an hourlong conversation about writing, friendship and the lessons of age. Lamott, a Guggenheim Fellow and ...

It was no big surprise when a Sonoma Speaker Series event featuring North Bay bestselling author Anne Lamott sold out just eight hours after tickets went on sale. Her writings and public talks — ...

It’s always startling to find a Christian who’s pro-choice, anti-Bush, and is as refreshingly neurotic as your crazy Aunt Mae. That’s why Anne Lamott is such a breath of fresh air: She’s a left-wing ...

Award-winning food writer Molly O’Neill is scheduled to undergo surgery to treat a spreading cancer, and her dear friend, acclaimed novelist Anne Lamott, is doing what she can to pitch in. The Bird by ...

School is back in session and Labor Day approaches, as headlines announce what we nervous cases see as the apocalypse. Summer is too long for me, emotionally. The bright promise of early summer fades ...

During the past two decades I've learned so much from Anne Lamott about parenting, writing, faith, and just learning to laugh more in life. Her latest book, written with her now 22-year-old son Sam, ...

They’re so darn cute together, these two. Neal Allen, father of four, newspaper reporter turned corporate executive turned spiritual coach turned author of two spiritual guidebooks, stands a full head ...

Slim and precious, “Somehow: Thoughts on Love” doesn’t measure up to her best nonfiction. By Alexandra Jacobs New novels from Emily Henry, Jo Piazza and Rachel Khong; a history of five ballerinas at ...

I talked to Anne Lamott about the paperback version of her book "Grace (Eventually)" before she came to town. Some of the essays just brought tears to my eyes. The one about helping a dying friend ...