How to Read

Life experiences can transform us in many ways, and Laurie Paul wants us to appreciateClick here for more about the episode...How art can transform us (with Laurie Paul)

We tend to have a visceral response to someone we think is dirty. But StephanieClick here for more about the episode...The idea of dirtiness (with Stephanie Newell)

After we finish reading a book, our memories of it quickly fade and can evenClick here for more about the episode...What we remember after reading (with Andrew Elfenbein)

It might seem obvious that it’s good to read in ways that are literary, criticalClick here for more about the episode...Policing reading in colonial Egypt (with Michael Allan)

Many poems speak to a “you” who is not you the reader. And when aClick here for more about the episode...Weird ways poems address their readers (with Jonathan Culler)

What do we want when we revisit a beloved story? Sarah Chihaya suggests we’re drawnClick here for more about the episode...Remakes, sequels and other story expansions (with Sarah Chihaya)

When we think about the generation before us, we might feel that their cultural touchstonesClick here for more about the episode...How illustrations reshaped the Romantic legacy (with Tom Mole)

The basic story of Adam and Eve is that Eve was tempted by a serpent,Click here for more about the episode...Why Eve got blamed (with Stephen Greenblatt)

Some academics think that reading a book just to identify with a character is self-centredClick here for more about the episode...Identifying with characters (with Merve Emre)

We tend to think of literature as something that’s written down. But Martin Puchner isClick here for more about the episode...Literature from speech to writing and back (with Martin Puchner)