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The Secret Ecstasy of Reading

By Robin Bates | Published: September 10, 2014

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Aurora Leigh” captures my own relationship with books.

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Reading Lit through the Eyes of Others

By Robin Bates | Published: July 23, 2014

Reading literature through the eyes of others brings special pleasures and insights.

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Eating and Drinking the Precious Words

By Robin Bates | Published: May 7, 2014

An Emily Dickinson poem that will remind my graduating seniors to keep reading.

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The Centrality of Fiction to Our Lives

By Robin Bates | Published: March 18, 2014

Jonathan Gottschall’s “How Stories Make Us Human” is an enlightening book with some limitations.

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Debating Whether Lit Is Useless

By Robin Bates | Published: December 5, 2013

I take issue with a “New Yorker” blog on whether or not literature can be considered “useful.”

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Reading as a Subversive Act

By Robin Bates | Published: October 17, 2013

Richard Wright’s “Black Boy” testifies to the liberating power of literature.

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In Defense of the English Major

By Robin Bates | Published: August 30, 2013

Adam Gopnik makes a spirited defense of the English major in a recent “New Yorker” article.

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Kids Find Reading Tangible and Luscious

By Robin Bates | Published: August 8, 2013

To teach kids to read by 3, use large flashcards with words that interest them.

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Let the Season of Summer Reading Begin!

By Robin Bates | Published: June 6, 2013

A 5th century poem by T’ao Ch’ien paints a moment of perfect happiness. It involves settling down with a good book.

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