The self-taught son of a boot-and-shoe-machine operator is causing a run on critical superlatives in highbrow London’s literary marketplace. “One of the most remarkable first books I have read,” wrote ...

Monasteries, manuscripts and slow thought shaped centuries of ideas about God, reason and human duty. Medieval philosophy ...

Over the past 10 years, Paul Berman has been exploring a theme: the repudiation by liberal intellectuals of their values and ideals. The theme has been elaborated in ...

Intellectual freedom is now—and will likely always be—a necessary topic for librarians to examine. If every book has its reader, most books will also have a challenger. In addition to considering ...

With book challenges on the rise across the country, columnist Andy Gooding-Call recommends six titles for libraries experiencing all types of challenges. This go-to list of banned books is ideal for ...

Roosevelt Montás is an outspoken advocate for a humanistic liberal arts education rooted in transformative texts, particularly the Great Books tradition. As director of Columbia’s Center for the Core ...

Vijayawada: The 36th Vijayawada Book Festival was inaugurated with inspiring reflections on books, language, and intellectual ...