Reading is…comfort. More than anything else, when I want to get away from the world and it’s stresses, nothing calls my name louder than a good book and my couch. Curled under a blanket on a cold winter day, or sprawled out in front of a fan on a hot summer day – matters not [...]

 Harnessing the Power of Hip-Hop to Promote Reading By Felicia Pride I learned the difference between a simile and a metaphor from a MC Lyte song.    That was years ago, but now as an adult and a writer, I know wholeheartedly that hip-hop can be used to enhance literacy as well as promote a culture of [...]