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.
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 […]
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.
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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