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Reading out loud is a skill for all age groups, but it's also a tool that improves memory, comprehension, social connection, and enjoyment.

If I could choose three writers to come to a literary dinner party today, they'd be Louise Penny, Rick Bragg, and Ben Shattuck.

Books are emotionally linked to every momentous occasion of my existence. Your life is probably "book-marked" too.

The Sistine Chapel 3-volume set reproduces artwork at a 1:1 proportion, making you feel "as if you were a bird on Michelangelo's shoulder."

This Dujiangyan bookstore is a bibliophile’s ticket to dream-world. More than 80,000 books are displayed in the 10,500 square foot bookstore

Grace had always wanted floor to ceiling bookshelves with a rolling library ladder. Ben built them for her...as a tribute after she died.

If you love elephants, read Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult and The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke. Two books that both honor elephants.

Ben Blatt's book Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve uses data to examine the elements of great writing: similes, cliches, adverbs, and more.

The best in environmental fiction, Richard Powers' The Overstory depicts the intertwined destiny of humans and trees.

Your brain is stronger, faster, more agile, more complex, and much buffer than you ever imagined. Four reasons for your very buff brain.

The Atomic Weight of Love is a story of a woman trying to find herself, torn between dreams and demands and the secrets of Los Alamos.

I got a thrill from reading du Maurier's Rebecca years ago. I got another thrill when I found out that Netflix is releasing the movie.

Congratulations to 2020's Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, American poet, Louise Glück - and thank you, Alfred Nobel, for your vision.

Leonardo da Vinci is the greatest genius of all time. We can learn how to be creative by modeling five of Leo's behaviors.

After the discovery of graphite and the development of the pencil, the world forever changed because we could write wherever we went.

Finding honest feedback is hard. You have to find readers who are willing to read. They’re capable of language skills. They're honest.

Tea companies are winning new converts, increasing sales, and expanding their brand by overturning the previous stereotypes.

The literacy rate in America is 95%, but that's misleading because much of the population doesn't read at proficient levels.

da Vinci was the greatest genius of all time, someone who gave advice that writers today  can use to nurture their own creative genius.