Tag: reading

  • 14 Brilliant Pieces of Literature

    14 Brilliant Pieces of Literature You Can Read in the Time it Takes to Eat Lunch – Mic.

  • Lit2Go

    I love this resource so much that I have to share it.  The University of South Florida has loads of books that are in the public domain available as free audiobooks.  I found these when I was studying for my comprehensive exams and needed to read at all hours of the day.  Since I had…

  • Reading Fiction Helps You Read the Minds of Others

    This study has shown what many of us who read literature have already professed: reading fiction that focuses on the inner lives of its characters trains us to read people. This study, and others like it, have been conducted in order to provide concrete evidence for the value of reading and literary studies. I sure…

  • Why People Should Read Fiction

    A writer at Forbes explains how reading fiction helps business leaders (and really, everyone) become more emotionally perceptive. She writes that “it seems that reading fiction improves your sensitivity to and appreciation of complex human situations; it provides a richer ‘toolkit’ of understanding from which to pull when making decisions and building relationships. And as…