At a certain age, you come across a certain type of person who seems to know everything. This person could […]

When you enter a public library on a Tuesday afternoon, something happens. An older woman slowly browsing a genealogy database,

A certain type of stubbornness develops around a person’s reading habits; it’s a quiet, uncritical stubbornness that no one calls

There is a specific type of reading guilt that is not sufficiently discussed. It happens when you pick up a

There is one moment that everyone in the publishing industry seems to agree happens with almost every big book. At

Some books are prized, placed under the category of “modern classics,” and remain unread on coffee tables. Then there’s the

Silence is no longer the first thing you notice when you walk into most public libraries on a weekday morning.

On the second Thursday of each month, twelve people congregate around a corner table in a coffee shop near a