Reading and Writing

"Sadly, now, publishing is almost entirely a matter of profitability, meaning that if you want to publish something that is immediately...

“We already knew that good stories can put you in someone else’s shoes in a figurative sense. Now we’re seeing that something may also be ha...

“Love of reading is the key not only to further learning and knowledge, but also to a better and more fulfilled life with unlimited enjoymen...

“In American legal discourse, empathy is often portrayed as less respectable than Satan. Judges are presented as elements in the vast econom...

How do writers come up with story ideas and turn them into novels? “If one idea in particular seems attractive, and you feel you could do s...

“There is an unholy practice to bring fundamentalism, capitalism and even politics into literature and culture. Literature goes beyond any r...

There “is money in books.” … “Don’t expect, however, to find explicit tips on spending, saving, and investing baked into the texts like mes...