In The Spotlight

  It happened in 18th century France when Diderot’s Encyclopedia Challenged the King. In this post on the LONGREADS website, Andrew S. Curran maintains that  Diderot's  Encyclopédie was far more than a groundbreaking collection of articles on an impressive array...

Literary Hub recently posed the following question to the discerning readers of their website: Who Wore It Best? US Book Covers vs. UK Book Covers for 2018 Emily Temple, a senior editor at Lit Hub, took on the challenge and provided some answers. Noting that "big...

"Words as feelings" in a post on the Aeon website that highlights "a special class of vivid, textural words that defy accepted linguistic theory.' Supposedly, except for "those rare exceptions such as onomatopoeias, where a word mimics a noise – eg, ‘cuckoo’, ‘achoo’...

Posted in the New York Times, the article And the Band Played Until Someone Complained describes what some are calling Columbia University's “war on fun.” The university administration recently halted a ritual "steeped in longstanding customs." Twice a year, just...

You might be surprised but according to this post in the Paris Review, Cuban revolutionaries Che Guevara and Fidel Castro were both avid readers.   Evidently, Che advised aspiring guerrillas "to carry edifying works of nonfiction despite their annoying weight"...

If you read our recent  ATG Article of the Week by Anakana Schofield and still feel compelled to follow the advice of tidying guru, Marie Kondo, check out this fun cartoon by Tom Gauld in The Guardian.     Mr. Gauld offers a six step plan of attack that...

Arizona’s new superintendent took oath on a children’s book on Inauguration Day! According to News 12 in Phoenix "Kathy Hoffman took the oath on a children's book titled "Too Many Moose" as she was sworn in as superintendent of public instruction. The political...

According to this post in Wired, if you Can't Remember What You Read? Blame The Font, Not Forgetfulness Fortunately, that's all about to change. "A team made up of a designer, a psychologist, and a behavioral economist at Australia’s RMIT University recently...

Japan and China, bound by books tells the surprising story of how "Japan became a treasure trove of classical Chinese books" and how the market for these treasures is thriving in modern day Tokyo. And it all stems from the fact that "for centuries, China has been a...

Read to Your Kid With the Perfect Sound Effects Accompaniment! In this post on the OFFSPRING website, Michelle Woo tells of how the nightly ritual of reading a favorite story to her daughter has become even more of a special time at the end of their day. Now, not only...