Self-betterment through better reading (John McWhorter, New York Times)
Improving oneself through the study of great books.
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12, 2021
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11, 2019
Your reading mind (Markham Heid, Medium)
A summary of studies that demonstrate how reading enlarges our mind.
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07, 2019
The decline of reading (Humanities Indicators)
The time spent reading for pleasure declines across all groups.
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10, 2018
Literature and science: a call to combine the two temperaments in our reading
The artist and scientist combine to create the best reader.
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05, 2018
Spreading the humanities’ wings (Duke Today)
The humanities receive uplift at Duke University from Mellon funding.
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02, 2018
Reading, knowledge, dreams, and nature: Valentine’s verses on the season
When birds call forth the turning of the seasons.
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11, 2017
On American reading, technology, and intellectual life
How American society limits our reading and concentration, also by technology.
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07, 2017
Reading on-line and reading less (Matthew Lynch, The Tech Edvocate)
Reading in print is more satisfying and deepens understanding.
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11, 2016
Coco Chanel and the Art of Reading: Exhibit in Ca’ Pesaro, Venice
Coco Chanel and the Art of Reading: Exhibit in the Ca'Pesaro, Venice, through 8 January 2017. From the description: From Greek authors to modern poets, Gabrielle Chanel’s abundant library reveals the works that left an impression on her life and shaped her personality.... This dialogue through the ages, from antiquity to her contemporaries, is underlined in particular by [...]
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07, 2016
Thinking, feeling, reading (Susan Reynolds, Psychology Today)
Thinking, feeling, reading: how not just what you read, but how you read, affects your soul and self. From the article: Recent research also revealed that “deep reading”—defined as reading that is slow, immersive, rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexity—is distinctive from light reading—little more than the decoding of words. Deep reading [...]