Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories, by Angus Fletcher
Deborah D. Rogers is unconvinced by an ambitious attempt to apply the insights of neuroscience to centuries of literature
Deborah D. Rogers is unconvinced by an ambitious attempt to apply the insights of neuroscience to centuries of literature
Deborah D. Rogers learns how the privileged make college admissions processes work in their favour
The summer is traditionally when academics turn to the big, serious books they don’t otherwise have time for or grab the chance for a bit of escapism. The pandemic has raised some major new issues...
Book of the week: Deborah D. Rogers and Howard P. Segal find that the old ideals of meritocracy have been squeezed out of American higher education
Deborah Rogers on a testament to literature’s power to sustain life in the face of the indignities of disease and age