Philadelphia’s Librarian Dilemma
The City of Brotherly Love is losing librarians, despite scores of studies proving their value. What gives?
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In Praise of Slow Reading
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?
Speed-Reading Apps Will Not Revolutionize Anything, Except Your Understanding
The one-word-at-a-time presentation eliminates the eye movements that help you comprehend what you're reading.
Are Picture Books Warping How Kids Understand Animals?
Anthropomorphizing animals is a bad strategy for education, a new study suggests.
The Surprising Power of Symmetry
New research finds people who read an article presented in a symmetrical format find it both more appealing and more relevant.
Reading Literary Fiction Can Make You Less Racist
New research finds a compelling narrative can help us sidestep stereotypes.
You’re Missing Out on Great Literature
Only three percent of everything published in the U.S. each year is translated from another language—and the majority of that is computer manuals and other technical material. Why don’t Americans read beyond their borders?
Who Says Libraries Are Going Extinct?
With nearly 2.5 billion materials circulated through more than 16,000 public branches, 2013 was one of the strongest years for libraries in the past decade. And things are looking up.
Kindle Worlds’ Strange New Terrain
Silo Saga and Peace in Amber author Hugh Howey talks about Amazon's revolutionary new imprint, and fan fiction's rapidly shifting landscape.
What Does It Mean That 1 in 4 Adults Didn’t Read a Book Last Year?
Those numbers sound way more alarming than they actually are. The bigger problem: the stagnant literacy rate.