Is it odd, impolite or just sensible to bring a book to a sporting event? Longtime reviewer and retired Post-Dispatch senior writer Harry Levins noted a lot of readers at a recent girls softball game. Thanks for this guest blog:
By Harry Levins
The…
My children’s elementary school asked them to read at least 20 minutes a day. When they got older, the teachers recommended a bit longer - 30 minutes or so a day. This was for recreational reading (not homework) and, so far as…
As theater critic Judith Newmark reported Sunday in her story about the opening of the stage version of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the National Endowment for the Arts has good news about reading: More people are reading literature.
The NEA officially released its report…
