Books have long provided what sociologists call third places — that is, hangouts that are neither work or home. Both bookstores and libraries fill the bill. These third places provide company and a ...

New Year’s resolution: Read more books. I don’t mean books on screens, which I do read. I don’t mean audiobooks, which I listen to. I mean books printed on compressed cellulose, a medium that can give ...

The goal is not to force more reading. I read all day long. It's to get off screens. My digital subscriptions for news are on screens. Social media are on screens. And, of course, I read on screens ...