Classroom reading clubs can be a space for children to share ideas and build understanding.
‘A Black Philadelphia Reader’ collects works by Black writers from the city’s founding through the present day.
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The author of ‘A Black Philadelphia Reader,’ a new anthology of writing by Philadelphia authors past and present, revisits four riveting works by local women.
Luis J. Rodriguez and the 30th anniversary edition of Always Running.
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Over a third of Australians read audiobooks. Spotify’s audiobook offering means more choices for listeners – but those who make both music and books are concerned about the impact on incomes.
Journalist Barbara Walters works at her desk at her home in New York in 1966.
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The power of reading and writing in surviving and addressing huge loss is touched upon in this book about a woman’s struggle during the Sri Lankan civil war
Not all self-help books are supported by research, and sifting through so many books can be challenging.
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A university-based book club, open to all, selects and reviews books grounded in science, directed at improving well-being. Summer picks cover dreams, art, social media, mental health and more.
Destroyed buildings in Rafah, southern Gaza, May 31, 2024.
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From Disney Pixar’s latest hit to the winner of the Women’s Prize for fiction, these are the best things to watch and read this week.
Since the mid-20th century, a handful of white journalists have tried to understand the complexity of the Black experience through donning a costume.
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If you search for translated books all of them won’t come up in a library catalogue search.
Volunteers can help reduce costs, but most nonprofit social service groups rely heavily on government funding.
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By relying heavily on privately run organizations to deliver social services, the government employs fewer people, reducing the size of its bureaucracy. But these partnerships can flounder.
At its peak in the mid-2010s, the Romance Writers of America had around 10,000 members.
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In its bankruptcy filing, the Romance Writers of America blamed ‘disputes concerning diversity, equity and inclusion’ for its membership declining by an astounding 80%.
Fashions in architecture are, more or less, generational. So, the reappraisal of brutalism – a once-reviled style of architecture – is now virtually complete
An illustration from one of Kafka’s notebooks of a weary person at a desk.
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In 1984, the album was atop the charts, and Ronald Reagan, running for reelection, told a New Jersey audience that he and the Boss shared the same American dream. Springsteen vehemently disagreed.