What’s it mean “The average American reads at an 8th grade level?”?
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How We Read: A Graphic Guide to Literacy
How do comics support literacy? For many, learning to read can be a struggle. What are the five keys to learning? How does the brain learn how to sound out…
Why kids can’t read (and what we can do about it), with Kate Crist – Grammar Girl Episode 1062
1062. Did you know that 21% of U.S. adults struggle with basic literacy? In this eye-opening episode, literacy specialist Kate Crist talks about the literacy crisis in America, how reading…
99% Invisible: Ancient DMs
The story of an 2700 year old archive, its accidental preservation, and the unprecedented—and often funny—glimpse it gives us into the daily life of an ancient king.
All the books I read in 2024
Felicityby Joyce Y. NgPacific Dreamby Vincent LauMemento Amorisby Anya MartinSACRED BODIESby VERHere Be MonstersBonesIn Fair Verona by Val Wiseby Val WiseLeaf LitterJarod K AndersonA Taste of LifeSara ParetskyAutism Is Not…
Q&A: Jaquette Joins Words Without Borders
For English-speaking readers and translators of international literature, Words Without Borders (WWB) is a vital resource. Through its digital literary magazine, the nonprofit is the preeminent publisher of short translations…
Big publishers think libraries are the enemy
The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read.
Narrating Audiobooks From Other Worlds
The field of audiobooks has exploded since the introduction of mp3 players, and it continues to expand. But it takes a unique set of skills to voice audiobooks in sci-fi…
The American Novel Has a Major Problem With Fat People
To read contemporary American fiction is to swim through a sea of fatphobia so normalized that it is almost never remarked upon in book reviews, and those who perpetuate it…
Oops: 250000 people came to your book club
In fall 2023 I got to do some IRL events around the country at bookstores, libraries, and some other fun Drac-adjacent spaces. Here's the talk I gave (when possible) about…