Reading

A large new study finds people who grew up in book-filled homes have higher reading, math, and technological skills.

Cognitively speaking, there may be no way to recover from a disadvantaged childhood.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

By fourth grade, girls are better than boys at reading and, especially, writing. New research finds this gap then increases as they get older.

The NEA reports an increased interest in poetry—but when we focus too much on numbers, we diminish the experience that makes poetry so vital.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

As the art of close reading has declined, a cohort of experts has emerged to reverse the trend and encourage stronger reading habits.

We need to help everyday Americans understand suicide better. Literature is well positioned to serve that function.

While the medium is relatively accessible for people with reading difficulties, its lettering norms are still leaving some behind.

A new website from Oxford University sheds light on the organizations and individuals that moved the needle on societal understanding.

More readings on the fallacy of endless economic growth.

How the literary genres you prefer reveal—or shape—your sense of what is ethical.

As technology advances, doomsaying remains constant.

We know literary fiction can make us more empathetic. Can it also be used to raise geopolitical awareness?

Abbie Lieberman explores how far one state has gone in improving early literacy—and how far all 50 still have to go.

Electrical signals in the brain may help identify children who'll struggle with reading as early as age three.

Noah Davis talks to creative Oni Hartstein about reading, drawing, creating communities, and how a trip to Disney World changed her life.

As a kid, Rachael Maddux thought she could shut herself away from the reality of death. Instead, through Reader’s Digest, she came face to face with the fragility of life.

The City of Brotherly Love is losing librarians, despite scores of studies proving their value. What gives?

A new reading app turns one classic and one current novel into a pair of serializations. Could it be a way to overcome our very modern tendency to skim?

The one-word-at-a-time presentation eliminates the eye movements that help you comprehend what you're reading.

Anthropomorphizing animals is a bad strategy for education, a new study suggests.

New research finds people who read an article presented in a symmetrical format find it both more appealing and more relevant.