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The Dropout

Elizabeth Holmes claims her company will revolutionize blood testing. Streaming on Hulu.

Evolving Mirrors And Windows Within Adolescent Literature

David Bruce Smith discusses the expanding canon of adolescent literature that has opened windows to a broader perspective and begun...

Book of the Week for November 25, 2022

By The Grace Of The Game The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream

by Dan Grunfeld

From Auschwitz ancestry to NBA success.

Book of the Week for November 21, 2022

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

Addie Baum spends one week during a summer at Rockport Inn, and fashions lifetime friendships.

Book of the Week for November 14, 2022

Penny Candy by Jean Kerr

Essays about 1950s domestic life, while raising five boys, and a girl.

Book of the Week for November 07, 2022

The Joy Of Classical Music: A Guide For You And Your Family by Joan Kennedy

The Senator's wife reveals her love of classical music, dance, and opera.

Interview With Michelle Coles
2022 Grateful American Book Prize Winner

As David Bruce Smith, co-founder of the Prize put it: “This is a unique, powerful ‘must read’ for America’s young...

Movie of the Month for November 2022

Saturday Night Fever

Anxious about his future after high school, a young Italian boy from Brooklyn tries to escape it by dancing at...

November 2022 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications.

Book of the Week for October 31, 2022

Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates

A boy is orphaned after his father murders the entire family.

Book of the Week for October 24, 2022

Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

A girl living alone on a remote part of North Carolina, is suspected of murder.

An Origin Story: The Grateful American Book Prize

David Bruce Smith recalls how his desire for more kids to get excited about American history turned into the Grateful...