Reading

'Kingston Noir': Where the Sun Doesn't Shine

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Colin Channer, Akashic Books, Noir, Books, Jamaica, Ian Thomson, Christopher John Farley, Reading, Kingston Noir, Books News

Kingston Noir is the purest of noir, and the richest of depictions of Jamaica -- only not the Jamaica you are probably familiar with.

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The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Andrew Lam | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Internet, Thinking, Education, Letter, Reading, Writing, Culture, Education News

In this age of mobility and information, there simply isn't any time for such a thing as a long, flowing, hand-written letter.

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Your Guide to Surviving Shakespeare in College

Uloop | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Cliff Notes, Theater, Shakespeare, Reading, College, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, College News

This is the one time in class where viewing the movie is beneficial. Shakespeare was written as a play, not a book, so seeing the scenes played out is helpful when trying to decipher the plot-line and character motivation.

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Can Stricter Federal Guidelines Fix America's Literacy Crisis?

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Common Core State Standards, Common Core Reading, Video, Literacy, Common Core, Student Reading, Students Reading, Student Literacy, Nonfiction, Reading, Slidepollajax, Childhood Literacy, Education News

As American students continue to fall behind foreign peers, 45 states and Washington, D.C. have adopted the Common Core State Standards, a new set of ...

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Why Maurice Sendak's Books are for Grownups, Too

Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Chicken Soup With Rice, Bears, Breastfeeding, Pierre, Where the Wild Things Are, Reading to Children, Maurice Sendak, Reading, Parents News

Wait, you thought Maurice Sendak's books were for kids?

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Table Talk: The Importance of Reading

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Conversation Starters, The Family Dinner Book, Family Dinner, Family Dinner Download, Books, These Are Your Kids on Books, Table Talk, Laurie David, Reading, Friday Dinner Table Talk, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Evin Moore cares a lot about reading. In fact, he cares so much tha...

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Are Book Trailers Necessary?

A.J. Walkley | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Ereaders, Book Publishing, Reading, Trailers, Books, Ebooks, Book Trailers, Book Promotion, Video, Books News

Trailers for movies make sense -- a visual medium for a visual product. If you aim to read a book, why do you need anything more than the synopsis of the book before you know whether you want to read it?

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The Main Thing Is That We Keep Reading

Mary Walker Baron | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Importance of Reading, Printed Books, Digital Books, Reading, Libraries, Ereaders, Print, Books News

As an avid reader I take pride and comfort in my library of printed works. I own a digital reader from which I frequently, well, read. I love my books. I like my digital reader.

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Awesome Viral Poster About Kids Who Read

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Children, Mark Anderick, Books, These Are Your Kids on Books, Non-Profits, Viral, Reading, Burning Through Pages, Denver, Parents News

Bloggers and Pinterest users are going crazy over this poster, created by artist Mike Andereck for the volunteer-driven Colorado organization Burning ...

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HuffPost Book Club: Vote On The Next Book

Annemarie Dooling | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Polls, Poll, Video, Reading, Books, Book Club, Books News

This weekend we'll wrap up coverage on "What It Is Like To Go To War," a discussion compiled through weeks worth of comments and tweets, a range of re...

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"Keep Your Book Warm" and Other Tips for Fighting Writer's Block

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Creativity, Story, Story Board, Homer Simpson, Fiction, Narrative, Point of View, Nonfiction, Descriptive Writing, Plot, Editing, Writer's Block, Reading, Rituals for Writing, Writing Tips, Books News

No matter how long you've been writing, you've probably experienced that panic-induced paralysis known as writer's block. If you want to tame the symptoms of this debilitating condition, here are some home remedies to try.

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Like 'Girls'? You'll Love These Books

The Hairpin | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Girls, Marilyn French, Girls Hbo, Books, Judd Apatow, Sylvia Plath, Margaret Atwood, Rickie Solinger, Jeanette Winterson, Mary Mccarthy, Reading, Lena Dunham, Women News

Let's just say there are a lot of articles about Girls. And, if you're like me, it's been making you think a lot about women, and friends, and the cit...

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The Beauty in Assigned Reading

Alexis Jane Torre | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Assigned Reading, Reading, High School English, Reading for Pleasure, Required Reading, High School Reading, Teen News

The true beauty of assigned reading is that it forces us to go out of our comfort zones. It allows us hear about different cultures and times, keeping our minds open to new opinions and perspectives.

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Lena Dunham Shares Her Favorite Books

The New York Times | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Good Books, Writers, Good Reads, Reading, Books, Good Reading, Writing, Lena Dunham, Women News

What book is on your night stand now? Right now I'm looking right at Mary Gaitskill's "Bad Behavior"; the new Diane Keaton autobiography; "Having I...

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What Katie Roiphe Missed About Women's Fantasies

BuzzFeed | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: E.L. James, Literature, Female Novels, 50 Shades of Grey, Erotica, Reading, Books, Women News

It finally has the world talking about female sexual desires. Shift's Amy Odell and Anna North discuss the latest critique of the book in the new issu...

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Minus One Equals Zero

Ariane Zurcher | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Life With Autism, Living With Autism, Parenting and Autism, Writing, Adult Autistics, Parenting, Healthy News, Child With Autism, Education, Literacy, Health, Autists, Health News, Autistic, Reading, The Third Glance, Autism, Healthy Living News

I am constantly impressed with my 10-year-old autistic daughter Emma's mind and creative use of words. I often think when I listen to her that there's a kind of poetry in the way she phrases things, the way she will use seemingly unrelated words to describe something.

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Is Reading Easier in 2012?

Lev Raphael | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Ereaders, Books News, Reading, Apple Ipad, Books, Ipad, Ebooks, Nook, Kindle, Books News

Something in it piqued our curiosity and we had to stop reading, or felt we had to. The days of sinking into a book in happy oblivion of the world around us had almost vanished.

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Research Uncovers Incredible Baboon Ability

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Video, Baboon, Baboons Reading, Reading Baboon, Reading Baboons, Baboon Reading, Dan the Baboon, Reading, Baboons, Baboon Reading Skills, Science News

WASHINGTON -- Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals ...

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7 Dirty Reading Secrets: What Are Yours?

Rebecca Joines Schinsky | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Dirty Reading Secrets, Reading Secrets, Dirty Secrets, Reading, Book Riot, Books News

Spring has me in the mood to clean out closets of both the storage and psychic varieties. Here are seven of the dirty little reading secrets I've been carrying around for a while. What are yours?

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Mission Accomplished!

Gary Stager | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Education, Literacy, Rttt, Research, Books, School Reform, Educational Technology, Data-Driven Decision Making, Stephen Krashen, Reading, Nclb, Accelerated Reader, Alfie Kohn, Education News

While Accelerated Reader suggests that it inspires literacy habits, its primary customer is the bureaucrat impressed by the marketing slogan, "Advanced Technology for Data-Driven Schools."

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Finding Time to Read More Novels

Dave Astor | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Television, Sports, Social Media, Work, Time Management, Novels, Audiobooks, Reading, Family, Sleep, Reading Time, Summer Reading, Books News

There aren't enough hours in a day -- or in a weekday, at least. So how do you cram in the pleasure of reading great (and not-so-great) novels? This is one person's tale of how I managed to carve out time for literature.

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Wrestling With Point of View in Your Writing

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Third Person Point of View, Protagonist, Writing, Fiction, Character Development, Point of View, Roald Dahl, Sleeping Tigers, Author Omniscient, Creative Writing, Reading, First Person, Books News

Sometimes it takes several drafts before you get the point of view that works for a particular story.

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What Is a Literary Novel?

Warren Adler | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Huckleberry Finn, Authors, Literary, Writers, Books, Writing, Classics, Reading, To Kill a Mockingbird, Writing a Book, Literary Novel, Novels, Writing a Novel, Books News

Does durability, for example, constitute an important definition of what is or becomes a literary novel? How does a novel become a classic? Who determines what becomes a classic?

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The 1 Place We Should All Be Volunteering

Michael Lombardo | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Graduating, Reading Partners, Tutoring, Learning to Read, Early Childhood Education, Tutors, Reading, Volunteering, Impact News

At an age when they should be reading to learn, most economically-disadvantaged fourth graders are still learning to read.

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"Charlotte's Web" and the Power of Words

Leah Singer | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Children's Literature, E.B. White, Charlotte's Web, Reading, Writing, Books News

As E.B. White so beautifully says, Charlotte is indeed a true friend and a good writer. The beauty lies with that little spider who changed (and saved) lives through the power of her writing. I only hope I can live up to Charlotte and do the same with my words.

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