A ccess to diverse books is not only essential to a strong education and a free mind, it’s critical to a healthy democracy. Reading... Read More.

I n this edition, we talk with Federico Erebia about how young readers being able to see themselves in books like Pedro & Daniel... Read More.

I n this edition, we chat with Edward Underhill, author of Always The Almost and This Day Changes Everything. We talk about the importance... Read More.

D escribing The Color Purple as a womanist work is like saying the Iliad is a heroic poem. It isn’t merely an example –... Read More.

I n this edition we talk with Jamie Jo Hoang, author of My Father the Panda Killer. We touch on generational trauma. And, how... Read More.

I n this edition of our Power of Books Author Series, we talk with Dr. Michael Datcher, author of Harlem at Four about why... Read More.

J oy Reid has a new book out… Medgar & Myrlie! And that’s gladsome news. Because Joy’s new work about the overlooked legacy of... Read More.

. oday is World Read Aloud Day! Silent reading is the norm these days. But, that wasn’t always the case. Reading used to be noisy... Read More.

W hat actually happens when young people read “disturbing” books? Literary scholars Gay Ivey and Peter Johnston have studied this at length. And it's... Read More.

I t’s National Family Literacy Day, so carve out some time to read with your young ones today, or perhaps read to them. Families have... Read More.

T he Crucible is a notable example of how literature is like a layer cake. Arthur Miller’s account of why he came to write... Read More.

L iterature is an excellent resource for school programs that address bullying. But not if books with themes of bullying behavior are banned. Forty-two... Read More.