Does Reading Literature Prepare Students for the "real world"?
This article from NCTE comes at a good time for me, since I'm scheduled to teach a "Writing about Literature"...

Fool All of the People, All of the Time
Fascinating story of a forger who tricked both the Nazis and the Allies. Sounds like a great subject for a...

Why Dead Authors Can Thrill Modern Readers
An interesting introduction to literary Darwinism, from LiveScience.com:Carroll hypothesized that modern readers would gravitate toward protagonists who displayed pro-social tendencies...

The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow: Icelandic bromance, with weapons, secret panels, and justice
I try to read to my kids for an hour every night -- sometimes two hours, if we time everything...

Female man to female man
The always-interesting Language Log offers this detailed and thoughtful analysis of gender and sports terminology. Here's just a snippet:I've never...