How to Read

In Sacred Spaces 3: The Pier (with The House of Louboutin)

In Sacred Spaces 2: Grace Congregational Church of Harlem (with Nigel and Lisa Pearce)

In Sacred Spaces 1: St James Presbyterian (With Derrick McQueen)

The sounds of medieval books (with Andrew Albin)

Reenacting the past (with Catherine Grant)

The history of homemade books (with Deidre Lynch)

Why apocalypse isn’t all bad (with Jennifer M. Wilks)

Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)

The hidden politics of translation (with Lamyu Maria Bo)

One-sided relationships (with Elaine Auyoung)

Language and injustice in the classroom (with Nelson Flores)

Understanding chronic pain (with Travis Chi Wing Lau)

The politics of chill (with Robin James)

Communities of readers (with Janice Radway)

Cheerleading and the history of sport (with Frank Guridy)

Predictability in life and art (with Caroline Levine)

Why we click with art (with Rita Felski)

The value of local knowledge (with Paige West)

Readers under lockdown (with Leah Price)

Images of protests (with Colin Wayne Leach)

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How (not) to read arrogantly (with Paula Moya)

The appeal of crystals through the ages (with Marisa Galvez)

Pauses in Japanese and American literature (with Andrew Leong)

Atmospheres in literature and life (with Dora Zhang)

Dancing stars in Indian cinema (with Usha Iyer)

Poetry, prayer and paying attention (with David Marno)

The art of bingeing (with Michaela Bronstein)

Not having time to read (with Christina Lupton)

Why it’s good to read like a teenager (with Juno Jill Richards)

How art can transform us (with Laurie Paul)

The idea of dirtiness (with Stephanie Newell)

What we remember after reading (with Andrew Elfenbein)

Policing reading in colonial Egypt (with Michael Allan)

Weird ways poems address their readers (with Jonathan Culler)

Remakes, sequels and other story expansions (with Sarah Chihaya)

How illustrations reshaped the Romantic legacy (with Tom Mole)

Why Eve got blamed (with Stephen Greenblatt)

Identifying with characters (with Merve Emre)

Literature from speech to writing and back (with Martin Puchner)

The history of the chapter (with Nicholas Dames)

How to read philosophy (with Kwame Anthony Appiah)

Philadelphia’s utopian roots (with Bethany Wiggin)

Global currents in US literature (with Wai Chee Dimock)

The long history of reading aloud (with Roger Chartier)

The politics of disobedient wives (with Julie Crawford)

Social networks in novels (with Paul Saint-Amour)

Why description matters (with Heather Love)

Atrocity, time, and the novel (with Bruce Robbins)

Intriguing opening sentences (with Jenny Davidson)