A Student Writes a Rejection Letter Rejecting Harvard’s Rejection Letter (1981): Hear It Read by Actor Himesh Patel

The documentary filmmaker and sports editor Paul Devlin has won five Emmy awards, but he may…

Benedict Cumberbatch & Ian McKellen Read Epic Letters Written by Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut is one of those writers whose wit, humanism and lack of sentimentality leave you…

EdSurge Staff Picks for What to Read, Watch and Listen to Over the Holiday Break

Like educators and students across the U.S., folks here at EdSurge are enjoying a holiday (and…

Hear Neil Gaiman Read A Christmas Carol Just Like Charles Dickens Read It

In Christmases past, we featured Charles Dickens’ hand-edited copy of his beloved 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.…

Watch Björk, Age 11, Read a Christmas Nativity Story on an Icelandic TV Special (1976)

The holidays can be hard, starting in October when the red and green decorations begin muscling…

The Virtue of Owning Books You Haven’t Read: Why Umberto Eco Kept an “Antilibrary”

When considering whether to buy yet another book, you might well ask yourself when you’ll get…

Hear Moby Dick Read in Its Entirety by Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, John Waters & Many Others

“Moby-Dick is the great American novel. But it is also the great unread American novel. Sprawling,…

What’s the Best Audio Book You’ve Ever “Read”?

Image by Knopper We were looking for a good audiobook. So we asked our friends on…

The Entire Archives of Radical Philosophy Go Online: Read Essays by Michel Foucault, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler & More (1972-2018)

On a seemingly daily basis, we see attacks against the intellectual culture of the academic humanities,…

Enter an Archive of 7,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by…