Gen Alpha, which is America’s youngest generation, is growing up surrounded by screens, failing schools, and a new era of ...

For many people, there's nothing quite like queuing up the Kindle, grabbing a cup of coffee or tea, wrapping up in a blanket, and sitting down to read a favorite book. Knowing you have a library of ...

When you think of book censorship, where do you imagine it happening? Libraries and schools, most likely — but incarcerated people face an even more restricted environment in prison. There’s little ...

Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities, Columbia University’s required great-books course, since 1998. He loves the job, but it has changed. Over the past decade, students have become ...

Last month, Rose Horowitch wrote the article “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,” which sparked a lot of debate. Professors told Horowitch that their students felt overwhelmed at the ...

Those who read on paper rather than digitally may grasp "big picture" better. A recent study found worker bees toiling for more than 55 hours a week were more at risk for stroke and other cardiac ...

THE SHORT book, long underestimated, has a lot going for it. To start with the prosaic: if you want to get through more volumes, short is shrewd. Slender books can be slipped into a bag or coat pocket ...

"This is not a book I wanted to write. This is not a book I wanted you to read." That is the opening line of a new book by Australian AI expert professor Toby Walsh, set to come out next year. Walsh, ...