The metaphors of mirrors and windows have long had an association with children’s literature. Books as mirrors reflect the worlds and experiences of children back at them, acknowledging and affirming ...

When Rachel Stewart was a rising senior at Bellbrook High School in Ohio, her assigned reading for AP Literature included a work of criticism that she dreaded getting through: "How to Read Literature ...

The Common Core Standards do not require reading complete long works of literature. Even by the time we arrive at the 11th and 12th grade set of standards for reading literature, the standards only ...

In Monica Wood’s rich new novel, “How to Read a Book,” death, prison and poetry become the catalyst for new beginnings. By Helen Simonson Helen Simonson is the author of “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” ...

Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DST-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor of Genetics, University of Pretoria Brenda Wingfield receives funding from NRF and DST.

Author and critic Lincoln Michel talks about Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai's Nobel win and what it shows about who gets recognized in world literature. The winner of the Nobel Prize in ...