Reading

Learning from the Emigrants

My favorite work by the great writer W.G. Sebald is The Emigrants. In this enthralling novel, Sebald presents…

Hope Springs Eternal: Looking to History to Understand the Past and Present

Raising a Reader: In a Nutshell

First, read to your child. From the first months on through the teen…

The Will to Live

The recent and unexpected death of a good friend sent me reeling. I sought escape, comfort, release in rapid succession, and…

365 Books: A Year of Mourning and of Joy

Fourteen years ago, my oldest sister died of cancer. Three years later, I began a year of…

Returning to Therapy

Book therapy, that is. Eight years ago I began my year of reading a book a day. I was looking for escape, wisdom, comfort…

How to Read All Day

Always have a book with you.

Read while waiting.
Read while eating.
Read while exercising.
Read before bed.
Read before getting out of bed.