by Khyle Deen. Posted Fri, Mar 04, 2022 5:39 PM, last update: 3/4/22 46% of UK adults have lied about reading books in order to impress – Snooze-worthy books including Hamlet, Wuthering Heights, Animal Farm and The Great Gatsby are given a modern …
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From YouTube to TikTok, Gen Z produces a plethora of celebrities promoting and profiting from children’s social media addictions. But even among the generation of influencers having fun on social media, several young stars have recognized the value of reading. The likes of Timothée Chalamet, Kaia Gerber and YouTube sensation …
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Charter Books and the Jane Pickens Theater present: Dana Stevens, Slate film critic and author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema and the invention of the 20th century. On Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m., Dana Stevens discusses her new biography of Buster Keaton, followed by a …
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Charter Books and the Jane Pickens Theater present: Dana Stevens, Slate film critic and author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the dawn of cinema and the invention of the 20th century. On Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m., Dana Stevens discusses her new biography of Buster Keaton, followed by a …
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love classic literature, but that doesn’t mean it’s without problems. For the stars, some of the most famous English-language novels are exclusively about men, which makes classic gender-swapped book tales so refreshing for readers who are dying to see themselves …
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Erica Wagner, author and literary critic, read 50. Mick Connell, director of the National Association for the Teaching of English, read 34. And EST editor Ann Mroz read 41. (Read the full list and vote for your favorites here.) But, according to the Ministry of Education, these are the 100 …
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What do green eggs, stick figures navigating college perils, and post-apocalyptic teenage battles have in common? They are all found in the books most read by American children and adolescents. The reading habits of 9.8 million students in grades 1-12 are detailed in the new “What children read” report from …
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In Classic Practices: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven’t Touched Since High School, Kevin Smokler takes you on a trip down memory lane in high school, when you couldn’t stand reading As I died Where Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Or maybe you could, you bookworm. Either way, Smokler …
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