Source: Do we really still need Banned Books Week? – The Washington Post The answer to the question, as Mr. Charles himself comes to realize, is a resounding yes.
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Source: 10 Banned Books We Read and Re-Read | Challenged and Banned Books
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Source: These are the most challenged books in the US Check out the list while you celebrate your freedom to read! How many of these books have you read? What new books do you discover here for you list of books-to-read?
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Source: 7 Ways to Celebrate Banned Books Week | Bookish Did you know that every year hundreds of books are challenged across America? Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign that reminds the literary community of the importance of speaking out against book banning and supporting our freedom to read. This year Banned Books
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A neuroscientist explains what tech does to the reading brain An interview with UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf, author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain and the recently released Reader, Come Home, which details “how technology is changing the brain, what we lose when we lose deep attention, and
Source: 4 Books About Bisexuality that Made Me Feel Seen Septembr 23 is Bi Visibility Day and the start of #BiWeek. Here, one reader discusses four books about bisexuality that made her feel valid and understood. I welcome you and ask that you join me on the journey of understanding bisexuality. It isn’t another “kind
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The History and Future of the Western in 10 Books Part immigrant story, part adventure tale, and part allegory of truth and justice—the Western has been entertaining American readers for nearly two hundred years. Maybe we’re drawn to the setting: a frontier where mountains claw at the sunset and calamity is just around the corner.
Why Doctors Should Read Fiction Students in medical school and nursing traditionally study ethics through the use of case studies, short synopses of situations the students may face later in their careers. This article describes a recent paper from the journal Literature and Medicine that suggests replacing case studies with short stories that present ethical
HERE ARE YOUR 2018 HUGO AWARD WINNERS! Source: Congratulations to Your 2018 Hugo Awards Winners!
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The theory of mind myth Theory of mind is the psychological term for our belief that other people have emotions, beliefs, intentions, logic, and knowledge that may differ from our own. That we have a folk psychology theory of other minds isn’t surprising. By nature, we are character analysts, behavioural policemen, admirers and haters. We
