A letter from Alexander Deriev, husband of the late poet Regina Derieva. The Russian couple have a helluva again story. I wrote about her in “Writ on Water,” an 2014 essay for the Instances Literary Complement right here. And I’ve written about her on the E book Haven right here and right here and right […]

Welcome again to Whatcha Studying! Listed below are the books kicking off our April: Lara: I’ve been dying to inform folks concerning the e-book I’m studying: Serial Killer Sports by Kate Posey. I’m obsessive about it! Full overview coming. Elyse: Oh that’s on my TBR! So excited it’s good! Lara: I like to recommend going […]

In 1977, Val Kilmer was 17. He was “uncooked with grief” over the latest dying of his youthful brother, Wesley. He flung himself into his research at Juilliard, the place he’d auditioned for the drama program with a poem. “I wrote my very own piece as a result of I couldn’t discover something that might […]

Over the following eight days—between now and Giving Day (April 8)—your reward will assist World Literature At present (WLT) additional its mission: to serve college students and readers all over the place with excellent, well timed protection of world literature and tradition. For 99 years and counting, WLT has been a window to the world, offering […]

Hey, all! It’s our final Whatcha Studying for March. Right here’s how we’re closing out the month: Lara: I’ve simply began the newest Emily Wilde e-book. ( A | BN | Okay | AB ) I’m solely a pair pages in however my hopes are excessive! Sarah: I’m studying The King’s Messenger by Susanna Kearsley. […]

What’s Essential to Know Right this moment’s college students obtain an important activity of education, that’s, creating expert literacy (studying and spelling) over the course of a number of years. It’s typically stated that grades Kindergarten via Grade 3 are the years college students “study to learn”, with the years from Grades 4+ the years […]

As Hurricane Milton barrelled towards Florida final month, I taught a three-hour Zoom class and tried to not refresh my cellphone for updates. I grew up in Florida, and my dad and mom, together with my sister and her household, nonetheless stay on the Atlantic Coast, 100 and fifty miles from the place Milton hit. […]

Most not too long ago, the discharge of the brand new NAEP (Nationwide Evaluation of Instructional Progress–typically regarded as the Nation’s Report Card) scores reveals that our nation’s 4th and eighth graders’ studying and math scores stay dismal and haven’t risen because the previous administration in 2022. The aftermath of the pandemic is actual and […]

A letter from Alexander Deriev, husband of the late poet Regina Derieva. The Russian couple have a helluva again story. I wrote about her in “Writ on Water,” an 2014 essay for the Instances Literary Complement right here. And I’ve written about her on the E book Haven right here and right here and right […]

The American Library Affiliation has introduced its annual lists of the very best graphic novels for adults and for teenagers — spotlighting 100 actually nice graphic novels printed in 2024. The ALA’s Graphic Novels and Comics Spherical Desk yearly assembles the checklist, every made up of fifty titles. In addition they launch a “prime 10” […]