how a 1970s poetry collection, The Honey of Man, still brings hope in grim times

  • Written by: Jen Webb, Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra
how a 1970s poetry collection, The Honey of Man, still brings hope in grim timesChildren play with a dog in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 8.Rodrigo Abd/AP

For decades, researchers have investigated what reading affords us, whether “us” means individuals or communities. Their research points to the benefits reading offers in terms of physical and mental health, education, and, perhaps most of all, empathic attunement to...

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