These four modern classics use poetry as a central tool for addressing hard-hitting topics young readers face in their daily lives—grief, abuse, gun violence, racial…
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Read Harder: A Historical Fiction With a POC or LGBTQ+ Protagonist
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A Brief History of Word Games
We’re away until January 4, but we’re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2020. Enjoy your holiday! Paulina Olowska, Crossword Puzzle with Lady in…
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Simon & Schuster Cancels Senator Josh Hawley’s Contract
In case you missed it (I don’t know how), on January 6, 2021, Nazis and white supremacists invaded the Capitol building after being incited by…
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Staff Picks: Heaven, Hearing Trumpets, and Hong Sang-soo
Still from Hong Sang-soo’s Woman Is the Future of Man. Photo courtesy of MUBI. I’m a big fan of the films of Hong Sang-soo, and…
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Inside the Order Is Always Something Wild
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tie the Temptress to the Trojan, 2018. Collection of Michael Bertrand, Toronto. © Courtesy of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. We stand before each other and…
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#SuperheroProblems: So Your Family Isn’t Dead After All
As Ben Franklin said, the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Of course, if you’re a superhero, you really only have to worry…
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Reading Logs for Kids (And More Easy Ideas to Support Kids’ Literacy)
There are lots of reasons you might be looking for a reading log for kids. Maybe you want to encourage your child to read more.…
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Almost Eighty
In the summer of 2011, three months before her eightieth birthday, the playwright Adrienne Kennedy reflected on her life in the unpublished essay “Almost Eighty.”…
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How to Write a Book That’s Based on a True Story
Life is filled with stranger-than-fiction moments. But how do you write a book based on a true story? How do you take those fantastical events…
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