A General Education
James M. LangSearching for insights into the challenges faced by educators today among new and classic works of philosophy, literature, politics, and history. A monthly newsletter designed to provoke thought for educators and learners.
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84, Charing Cross Road: The Power and Pleasure of the Very Short Book
A few months ago in this space I discussed the effects of reading a very long book: David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. In that essay, I argued that one of the key drivers of deep learning was time, and the many hours spent reading a ver...
In Which I Resolve to Not Write Every Day for 2026, Which is What I Would Have Done Anyway
I have always wanted to be the kind of person who writes every day. It just seems so smart, so simple, so powerful. Sit down at your desk every day for a year, and a book will emerge. Maybe you establish an ambitious goal of rising at 4:30...
My Randomized Book Shelves
I have been remiss this fall in terms of sticking to my monthly schedule for posting here, but I have a decent excuse: the Lang family is on the move. We have sold our family home, which was large enough to accommodate seven of us, and have...
Learning and the Very Loooong Book
When I began listening to audio books a few years ago, I decided (somewhat randomly) that I would mainly choose long books for that format, ones that can be challenging to heft around on travels, which is where I often find time for pleasur...
On the Power of the Menial, the Boring, the Painstaking . . .
In the Afterword of my new book, Write Like You Teach, I introduce a word that I discovered during my recent study of ancient Greek: philomath. You might know the word polymath, which describes someone who knows a lot of stuff. It combines...
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Writer and educator. Author of Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning.
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