How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...
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The Resurgence of the Literary “It Girl”
The literary it girl might seem like a fresh trend, but, like most things in fashion, it is inherently cyclical — a ...
Meet the next great Austin author: Chris Brown and 'A Natural History of Empty Lots'
With his latest book-length essay, "A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys and Other Wild Places" (Timber Press), Brown rises to a level of acute observation ...
‘Somebody Somewhere’ Is A Radical Love Story in the American Heartland
One is your romantic partner, the other is your best friend. Everett grew up in Manhattan, Kan., where the semi-autobiographical tale is set. (Like her character, the actress also grieved the death of ...
How pioneering Black liberals battled Thomas Jefferson's "Dark Age"
A new book from Harvard scholar Keidrick Roy, “ American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism ,” lays ...
Radical struggles and revolution: The book unearthing the subversive history of Paradise Lost
Orlando Reade’s fascinating history of John Milton’s epic shows that Paradise Lost may still be a poem for our times, writes ...