Trying to control what kids read is a fool’s errand. Like Comstockery and Prohibition, it aims to make human beings into little saints. Ain’t never gonna happen.

Summer reading programs at the Charlotte library are helping local students maintain and build their reading skills during ...

Award-winning children’s author, former college basketball star, and literary agent, Jesse Byrd, talks to his agent, Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary, about the inspiration behind his new middle ...

A Nigerian young writer, Chimamanda Umeh, has shared vivid experiences of secondary school life, in her latest book, titled ...

Her impersonation of Simi Garewal interviewing Mamta Kulkarni had the judges in splits and won her MTV’s VJ Hunt in 1997.

In a maximum-security facility in upstate New York, students tackled Samuel Richardson’s “Clarissa” and Tolstoy’s “War and ...

Ocean Vuong was just two when his family fled post-war Vietnam and came to the US. He only learned to read and write English ...

Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from ...

We’re almost halfway through the summer, and are nearing the time when we think about going back to school. One of the concerns that often gets raised relates to how some young people lose knowledge ...

For his upcoming book "American Kings," author Seth Wickersham, who grew up in Anchorage, talked to a broad spectrum of quarterbacks, from high schoolers to pro football Hall of Famers. Part of his ...

Strength of schedule will be discussed more than ever this season, and the cross-country travel isn’t slowing down with ...

ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI) has a low outlook on North Carolina and Belichick this season. The FPI predicts a 6-6 ...