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Opinion: Schools need to demand state guidance before removing any books, write Kelcey Patrick-Ferree and Shannon Patrick.

"Every novel is a mystery," said author Rebecca Makkai, on the phone from her home outside Chicago. "Its a mystery about the future — whats going to happen next —

I like to avoid the term reading for pleasure whenever possible, as I find pleasure in reading mandated course material literature as much as anything else. But, generally, when people say reading for pleasure they mean reading for no reason other than because they would like to, when there is no grade attached to it...

The ‘Stay (I Missed You)’ artist reflects on pushing against a culture where female singer-songwriters were expected to fit a certain mold to make it big.

The Scott Derrickson-directed horror film opens wide this week

I had the great fortune of sitting before high school English teachers who loved the written word.