Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. Gregory Currie, a professor of philosophy at the University of Nottingham, recently argued in the New York ...

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The 2018 Marathon Reading is part endurance race, part relay. Over the course of 24 hours, readers will take turns reading the entirety of “Jane Eyre” and “Wide Sargasso Sea,” passing around books ...

The 87-year-old pontiff believes reading literature enables individual people to learn the art of reflective personal discernment, empathy with others, as well as entering a dialogue with the culture ...

People who read literature in their leisure time are much more likely to perform volunteer and charity work, to visit art museums, and to attend performing-arts events, according to a report issued ...

Pope Francis lamented that ‘a sufficient grounding in literature’ is not a standard part of priestly formation. But some seminaries in the U.S. and abroad seem to be bucking that trend. Seminarians ...

I’m no stranger to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” I’ve read the play, seen movie versions, attended live performances — including one in which the cast included my then 7- and 5-year-old kids (now that ...

This week, the National Endowment for the Arts will meet with the California Reading and Literature Project to discuss the findings of "Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America," a ...