Books Really Do Make Your Brain Grow

from The Independent Brain function ‘boosted for days after reading a novel’ TOMAS JIVANDA Being pulled into the world of a gripping novel can trigger actual, measurable changes in the brain that linger for at least five days after reading, scientists have...

Becoming That Second Kind of Christmas

from Letters Of Note America is like that second kind of Christmas In November of 1959, as a shocked American public were hit with the news that a number of their favourite quiz shows had in fact been rigged for some time, author John Steinbeck wrote the following...

André Schiffrin Gone

from The New York Times André Schiffrin, Publishing Force and a Founder of New Press, Is Dead at 78 By ROBERT D. McFADDEN André Schiffrin, a publishing force for 50 years, whose passion for editorial independence produced shelves of serious books, a titanic collision...

ROOTS Redux

from Page Six History Channel plans to remake historically problematic ‘Roots’ By Eric Fettmann Levar Burton starred in “Roots” in 1977. In the wake of successful slavery-themed movies like “12 Years a Slave,” “The Butler” and “Lincoln,” the History...