The culture of reading
From The Minnesota Review, an interview with Janice Radway on the culture of reading. From The Moscow Times, literature classes are often so dogmatic and boring that students end up hating all the major authors. Learning to hate literature: What is it about school that puts so many people off the books they read there? Sir Vidia Naipaul says the closing of English departments would benefit the nation. From Inside Higher Ed, Ronald Reagan vs. the university press: The late president’s legacy left an unfortunate legacy for academic publishing — one that needs to be challenged. The alternative student press: An increasing number of online-only publications are changing what it means to be a college journalist. From In These Times, an article on creating the 21st century library. Theories come and go: An interview with Bob Slavin, a man charged with compiling an encyclopaedia of what works.
