Reading in Public

Reading in Public No. 59: Literary lessons from the English classroom

Teacher Katie Brownfiel shares the four guidelines that transformed her and her students' reading lives

Dec 17 •

Reading in Public No. 58: The disappearance of literary men DOES concern me

Kind of...and not in the way you think

Dec 10 •

Reading in Public No. 57: Anatomy of a best-of-the-year list

What makes a list great and what makes them flop

Dec 3 •

Reading in Public No. 56: Reading lessons from the National Book Award

Or adding even more reading intentions to my 2025 agenda

Nov 26 •

Reading in Public No. 55: Quick thoughts on the National Book Award fiction finalists

A brief dispatch from NYC

Nov 19 •

Writing in Public: Nora Lange on matrilineal stories and what America could be

Plus Great American Novels and characters who appear fully formed

Nov 5 •

Reading in Public No. 54: Boy books, girl books, and the politics of reading

Or why we should expect boys to empathize with Jane Eyre

Oct 29 •

Reading in Public No. 53: A TBR-saving tool for readers who love a plan

Booker of the Month creator Deedi Brown on how she uses Airtable to organize her reading

Oct 22 •

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Writing in Public: Jamie Quatro on structure as scaffolding, giving just enough detail, and the man who inspired Two-Step Devil

Plus prose and poetry to inspire writers and surprise readers

Oct 15 •

Reading in Public No. 52: What is English class for?

Another literary panic strikes the internet

Oct 8 •

Reading in Public No. 51: How knowing why I read helps me choose better books

"Why" might be a better question than "what" when it comes to the reading life

Oct 1 •

Reading in Public No. 50: The essential framework I use to move from reading to analysis

How one small perspective shift vastly opened up my reading life

Sep 24 •

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