NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted. Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? It's definitely ...

Is the deep-dive reading era officially over? Professors are sounding the alarm because incoming students are reportedly ...

1."Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. It's a quirky book about an octopus who helps an aquarium employee get through her grief. I know it sounds bizarre, but trust me. I couldn't put it ...

When the Nobel Committee announced that László Krasznahorkai had won this year’s prize for literature, I pulled one of his novels off the shelf. I wasn’t familiar with his work, but the words ...

Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? It's definitely happened to me. Or maybe you even finished a whole book and later thought, huh, I don't really ...

Ever sit down to read a book, get half a page in, and realize nothing has sunk in? Or maybe you even finished a book and later thought, I don’t really remember anything about it. Under the best of ...