As a psychologist who studies personality development, one of Maja Djikic’s biggest insights about what it means to be human is this: Our optimal state is that of continuous growth. Perhaps by some ...

There's good news about reading, says the National Endowment for the Arts in a report the agency is releasing today. For the first time since the NEA began surveying American reading habits in 1982 -- ...

During the pandemic, I provided counseling for several health care providers. These dedicated medical professionals faced overwhelming stress due to: Patients dying at an increasingly higher rate.

Women also seem to be reading and buying more fiction than men at Harvard Book Store, book buyer Melissa Sagendorph told me. “Women are obviously responsible for the huge explosion and popularity of ...

Discovered: Emotional engagement with fiction boosts real-world empathy; a new MRI video of a fetal brain; Siberia's permafrost is thawing too quickly; a microchip that restores vision. Fiction as an ...

Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London More people in the UK have gone dry this January than ever before, so drinking, not drinking, and navigating a ...

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The landscape of Indian publishing is evolving, with non-fiction sales experiencing a remarkable increase. Fiction, once the ...