This is an essay by Chris Ciolli. Text messages, emails, facebook status updates, blog posts, not to mention more traditional […]
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Presidential Reading
I try to stay comprehensively apolitical on this site. I know we all come from different backgrounds and even different parts […]
How to Read Like a Writer: Five Easy Lessons
This is an essay by Erika Dreifus. If you’re a writer—or want to be one—you must also be a reader. […]
Books Provide Good Nutrition
This is an essay by Anjali Amit. My father was a collector. He collected books the way people collect stamps, or coins or […]
Going on vacation? Don’t pack any books!
This is an essay by Andrew Blackman. It’s the summer, and everyone from The Guardian to Oprah is recommending books […]
Books on the Dissecting Table: Knowing your books, Knowing yourself, and Improving your Writing in the Process
This is an essay by Chris Ciolli. Like so many other bookworms out there, I spend a lot of my […]
Picture Books Can Enhance Adult Reading
This is an essay by Kendahl Cruver. I was raised to have a life-long appreciation for so-called children’s picture books. My […]
Why Read in a Foreign Language
This is an essay by Chris Ciolli. When I finally made the move to declare Spanish as a second major […]
It Just Took One Book
This is an essay by Laura Lovell. My Introduction to Reading As a kid I can remember staying up past my […]
Why Read: Perspective Cont'd – Modern Man Needs Books
This is a continuation of our “Why Read” discussion. Remember, we started by defining the three broad reasons to read. Then […]