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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Steven Tucker) - What’s the Point of Reading? Just Reading. Mon Aug 24 04:01:00 2026

Great works of literature are not self-help books. The post What’s the Point of Reading? Just Reading. appeared first on The American Conservative .

Takimag What’s the Point of Reading? Just Reading. Great works of literature are not self-help books. TakiMag Credit: Reinhold Leitner When, as a young man, I applied to be an English teacher, I recall being asked during interviews why it was so vital to interest my (hypothetical) charges in literature. I felt obliged to respond with what I intuited were the expected answers: “To teach them human empathy via the medium of prose,” or some such pablum. But did I really believe this? Personally, the only reason I have ever read books is because I enjoy reading books. De gustibus non disputandum est; matters…Open

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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Benjamin Schwarz) - Tom Stoppard: Conservative, Liberal, Englishman Mon Aug 10 04:01:00 2026

Britain’s late leading playwright existed in the realm of literature, beyond pat political agendas. The post Tom Stoppard: Conservative, Liberal, Englishman appeared first on The American Conservative .

Culture Tom Stoppard: Conservative, Liberal, Englishman Britain’s late leading playwright existed in the realm of literature, beyond pat political agendas. In the kind of official occasion now vanishingly rare, on July 9 King Charles and Queen Camilla, leading a large slice of the great and the good in British arts and culture, paid tribute to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard at a memorial event at the National Theatre in London. Indeed, the death of Stoppard eight months ago (his funeral in Dorset was a small family affair), has been the most resonant cultural news story in Britain in the past several years for reasons both…Open

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