Tag Archives: reading

A Poem Describing Literature Lovers

In “The Retiring Candle,” Scott Bates says it’s okay to hide your light under a bushel–as long as you have a good book, that is.

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Ibsen for Character Formation

Woolf’s “Voyage Out” explores how literature contributes to character formation.

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Curl Up with a Good Book

This Scott Bates poem celebrates curling up with a good book.

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Book Proximity Makes You Smart

Friday Scientific American recently reported on a study claiming that a childhood surrounded by books makes you smarter, even if you don’t actually read them. According to Karen Hopkins, Australian researchers have proved that “growing up in a home with a sizable library enhances literacy, number sense and even technological know-how in later life.” Apparently this […]

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Homage to My Father, a Reader

Friday Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of my father’s death. To remember him, I share one of his poems about reading. My father read to my brothers and me virtually every night when we were growing up, passing along a passion that became our own. In “The Retiring Candle,” he imagines an introverted candle retreating […]

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Reasons to Read

Will Schwalbe, author of “Books for Living,” has a great list of reasons to read.

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Curling Up with a Good Book

This Scott Bates is a testimony to the solitary joy of reading.

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Why Read Lit? Let Me Count the Reasons

I grapple today about why it is essential to read lit. And what happens to us when we don’t.

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Krauss’ Book about Imaginary Books

Books that describe imaginary books seem to offer us special portals to magical worlds.

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