I wasn’t always a fan of classic literature. If you would have asked me a year ago to read a classic novel by choice, I would have laughed in your face. I wouldn’t have done it even if you paid me. I was a self-proclaimed classics hater. Looking back, I think this stemmed from the fact that classic literature always seemed synonymous with academic settings. While reading classics is integral in any English curriculum, I would be lying if I said this didn’t get on my nerves.

“Morocco. A seat by the window, please.”  Cameron Crowe’s legendary 2000 movie, about the fictional band “Stillwater” on the rise and a blossoming rock critic who travels with them on one...

Triumphant in its dissection of class and politics, but burdened by its neglect of societal ills.

Thus, it is appropriate to ask ourselves the following: how can we read more, and why do we put so much cultural emphasis on being well-read?

Director Autumn de Wilde and actress Anya Taylor-Joy spoke in a round table interview Wednesday about how they kept the legacy of Jane Austen's 1815 book "Emma" in the new film "Emma."