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How to Get More Out of Your Reading
From reading habits and readalikes to episode feedback, we're diving into listener questions in the Zero to Well-Read summer mailbag.
Open Thread for Readers for August 2026
Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? J...
Open Thread for Readers for September 2026
Got a book you want to talk about? Frustrated with a book or series? In love with a new one? Found a buried treasure? An issue that keeps popping up in the books you are reading? J...
The Most Powerful Question in Any Mystery
Mysteries and thrillers pose a familiar set of questions: What happened? Who did it? Who was the victim? Can the criminal be stopped? What will happen next? These questions are ind...
answers to your behind-the-scenes questions about Ask a Manager
Here are answers to 40 of the questions people asked recently about the behind-the-scenes running of Ask a Manager. 1. How do you decide what questions to post? It’s a mix of what...
ask your behind-the-scenes questions about Ask a Manager
A few years back, I answered questions about the behind-the-scenes running of Ask a Manager, and recently someone asked me to do it again. So: if you’d like to ask me a question ab...
Adapting The Odyssey, a guest post by Gareth Hinds
I want to share a handful of the hundreds of questions I grapple with each time I adapt a text to graphic novel form, because I think they provide an interesting peek into the chal...
Questions! Green onion growing, EZ pass transponders, teaching, and more
I'm catching up on reader questions again today. Let's go! Do you plant your onion ends in dirt or let them sprout in water? I've never had much success planting the ends either wa...
12 Curly Questions with children's author Julianne Negri
1. Tell us something hardly anyone knows about you.My natural hair colour is dark brown.2. What is your nickname? When I was little, my family called me Fizzgig.3. What is your gre...
The art of asking questions in a world full of answers
Below, Lani Watson shares five key insights from her new book, Q: The Hidden Power of Questions in a World That Wants Answers. Watson is a philosopher and Honorary Fellow at the...
Ask a Journalist: A 2026-27 Monthly Series for Teenagers
Join us for the 2026-27 school year. We’ll choose a discussion topic each month. You post a comment, and New York Times journalists will reply.
12 Curly Questions with author Stephanie Owen Reeder
It's a delight to welcome back author, researcher and illustrator, Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder, who first answered our 12 Curly Questions back in 2015! Check that version out right h...
Readers Respond to the April 2026 Issue
Letters to the editors for the April 2026 issue of Scientific American
100 Questions to Ask When Reading a News Story Critically
Think you understand the news? These 100 sharp questions can change how you read every story, and a few may reveal what most readers miss.
Your questions, my answers
Time for another episode of me answering questions from the comment section! Kim said: I'd love to hear about the plexiglass stand you have above your PC keyboard. I would assume i...
A Global Reading Crisis, Book Lists Galore, and More Links for Library Workers
A global reading crisis, revisiting a classic of high school reading 75 years on, and more stories and booklists for library workers.
The RACER Mailbag, September 2
Welcome to the RACER Mailbag. Questions for any of RACER’s writers can be sent to mailbag@racer.com. We love hearing your comments and opinions, but letters that include a question...
Terry Pluto asked readers what they'd ask God — and the responses reveal something profound
Readers share heartfelt, challenging questions and requests for God, reflecting on suffering, faith, and the search for meaning.
(Some) Starter Questions for Measuring Learning
(Some) Starter Questions for Measuring Learning johnw@mcsweeneys.net Fri, 09/04/2026 - 03:00 AM Let’s do it, if we’re going to do it. Byline(s)...
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