The percentage of American adults who read literature – any novels, short stories, poetry or plays – fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the National ...

As AI reshapes how literature is discovered, analyzed, and taught, a growing number of high-achieving teens are turning to deep reading as a deliberate counterbalance. Programs like Polyphony Lit ...

Colloquy: Join an online discussion about a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts that describes an apparent decline in reading habits by Americans. Who, if anyone, is to blame for the ...

Close reading is more than just understanding the plot—it’s about diving into the details, patterns, and language that shape meaning. By slowing down, asking targeted questions, and annotating with ...

Edward Holly (CAS ’25) inherited his love of reading from his mother, who passed down the novels from her book club to him. Holly now helps run Lattes and Lit, an on-campus book club at Georgetown ...

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Henry David Thoreau once remarked that “Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.” Until recently, Americans helped themselves generously to that ...

Literary crawls are a new trend where readers explore spaces that mirror their favorite books, from haunted monuments to ...

J onathan Kramnick’s book Criticism and Truth is more modest than its title suggests. Essentially an apologia for the nuts-and-bolts work of literary studies, it is best described not as “ambitious” — ...

Young people make intensive use of digital networks to read, write and comment on literary texts. But their reading behavior varies considerably depending on whether the title is from the world of ...