It has been a century since the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal classic “The Great Gatsby.” Since then, it has become a staple in classrooms around the United States, a definitive member ...

Literature lives beyond the page, shaped by readers and translators alike. Literature doesn’t begin and end when a writer puts words on a page. In our final episode of Crash Course Latin American ...

We’ll also speak with University of South Carolina educators Valerie Byrd Fort and Maragret Cook Jackson about the importance ...

Reading fiction is an emotional experience. Feeling emotions – even negative emotions such as sadness – drives reading and helps us enjoy books. Research from the National Literacy Trust, a UK charity ...

Are Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays still relevant today? Source: Dennis Clausen Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is not someone we hear much about today. Yet a strong case can be made that he is one of ...