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As a psychologist who studies personality development, one of Maja Djikic’s biggest insights about what it means to be human is this: Our optimal state is that of continuous growth. Perhaps by some ...

There's good news about reading, says the National Endowment for the Arts in a report the agency is releasing today. For the first time since the NEA began surveying American reading habits in 1982 -- ...

During the pandemic, I provided counseling for several health care providers. These dedicated medical professionals faced overwhelming stress due to: Patients dying at an increasingly higher rate.

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English teachers have long claimed reading books makes you a better person, maybe because their livelihoods have long depended on it. Now they've got proof, courtesy of the science wing. But not just ...

The landscape of Indian publishing is evolving, with non-fiction sales experiencing a remarkable increase. Fiction, once the ...

Delve into the tales of a queer book conservator at The Met, an actress in the West Bank, a painter with a secret, and other characters whose lives intersect with art. There’s something really sweet ...

Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London More people in the UK have gone dry this January than ever before, so drinking, not drinking, and navigating a ...

“Reading is dead” has become one of culture’s most confidently repeated claims—invoked every time attention spans shrink, ...