Category: Books

The Book Is Dead, Long Live the Book

On my nightstand at home I have a yard-thick Autobiography of Mark Twain, a light-reading young adult novel, a bound collection of mystery yarns and

A New Year. A New Entertainment Regime

My daughter recently read Animal Farm for her middle school class. Or maybe I should say she tried to just read Animal Farm. Because the

I Want It Cheap, and I Want It Now!

One of the ways technology and consumerism interact in our culture is this: Technology is ever advancing, it seems, in its ability to give us

Seventeen’s Pledge: Do You Buy It?

Julia Bluhm is one of my heroes. Recently, the 14-year-old took on Seventeen magazine, armed only with an online petition and a passion for seeing

Some Marvel(ous) Heroes

We’ve got comic book movies making lots of money. We’ve got newly designated gay superheroes making headlines. But there’s one comic-book related tale that you

A Novel Study in Character

Reading can change our lives—quite literally, according to a new study. Researchers say that literary characters can have a sizable impact on how we think

Words and Pictures

So I’ve been following the robust conversations y’all have been having regarding The Hunger Games. And while much of the discussion has focused on the

Plugged In Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology

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