Emily is a book critic and writer for WORLD. She is a World Journalism Institute and University of Mississippi graduate, previously worked at Peachtree Publishers, and developed a mother’s heart for good stories over a decade of homeschooling. Emily resides with her family in Nashville, Tenn.
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Authors highlight the importance of finding facts—and facing them
Tween and teen fiction reads
The 1968 classic True Grit is much more than a morality tale
A new movie tells the diarist’s story through the eyes of her best friend
Emily Whitten | Parents will have to search carefully to find updated classics that don’t push a 21st-century cultural agenda
Classic books on seeking justice
Phillis Wheatly’s writing is perfect to savor during Black History Month
Two poets who listened before they spoke
Reviewer Emily Whitten talks with author and pro-life pioneer George Grant about the history—and future—of the pro-life movement. Includes an in depth discussion of WORLD’s January Classic Book of the Month: ProLife Answers to ProChoice Arguments by Randy Alcorn.
