Reading alone is a deeply enjoyable activity. But being read to has its own irreplaceable allure. The Harvard Sentences are ...

Checkers are not infallible, and their successes are mostly due to hard work and creativity. What is truly extraordinary ...

Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a concurrent holiday: Public Domain Day.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the curation of a book collection.

Educators are often asked “how do you know that your teaching is working?” One of my favorite stories involves a teacher who ...

An essay appeared recently in The Wall Street Journal under the headline “What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up ...

Australians' love of cheap books is driving independent bookstores and writers out of business. These prominent authors believe there is a simple solution.