I am a language guy. Not every writer is -- the bestseller lists are rife with happy souls free to employ whatever word occurs. But I stand with Flaubert, for whom the synonym was mythic as the ...

Sometimes, if you're a lover of literary fiction, you read something that speaks to you so personally and at the same time is so beautifully illuminating of the human condition that you feel uplifted.

As a former ACC player of the year who spent seven seasons in the National Football League, Barry Word has some credibility when he speaks about the football program at his alma mater. Word played at ...