American writing instruction has always involved some level of torture. What happens when technology makes it easy?

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There is no emotional battery recharge quite like the one a few hours spent with friends will provide. While it’s fine to stay in touch through sporadic texts and the occasional hour-long FaceTime, ...

Umama Ali spent more time as a kid arguing with his brother over who caused the most chaos in GTA Vice City than doing homework, and he’s been unapologetically hooked on games ever since. That ...

Writing down your goals in great detail, including in a letter to yourself, might feel a bit awkward, but it's a practice that's worked for many successful people — and neuroscience supports it. "I ...

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You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I’m a rational person. I grew up in a family of scientists. My dad, who studied the brain, told me ...

Every January, many of us resolve to finally read more. A new book appears on the nightstand, an audiobook gets downloaded, or we dust off an old library card. We keep finding our way back to it ...

In this week's edition of Endnotes, we take a look at Libby Page's This Book Made Me Think of You, a painfully beautiful story of love and loss. In its review PW says, "readers will be crying in some ...

Over the years, I’ve published a couple of series supporting teachers who were interested in writing education books. I’ve written or edited 13 education-related books. Now that I’ve retired, I’m ...