Some very curious students at James W. Parker Middle School got a visit from one of our very own. Tom Atkins did a question-and-answer session with a handful of students at James W. Parker Middle ...

Try these speed reading exercises to improve reading. You can also learn something about the news. There are reading texts at different levels. You can choose the reading speed of each text. If one ...

Weather can be both awe-inspiring and devastating. It shapes our environment, influences our activities, and sometimes, ...

Try these discussions to improve your speaking and listening. There are 20 questions in each activity - 10 for Student A and 10 for Student B. You can print out the worksheet. You can listen to the ...

A Tulsa two-step and line dance instructor is teaching group lessons at area YWCA's. Classes are $10-$15 and are open to both ...

Steve Coogan plays Tom Michell, an English teacher in 1970s Argentina ... The director of “The Penguin Lessons,” Peter Cattaneo, also made “The Full Monty,” so he has some experience ...

Supremely dry and subtle, Steve Coogan saves this real-life story, about an adopted penguin and an academic rescued from his loneliness, from sentimental excess.

About this time in 1994 … No, wait, there was no “this time” in 1994. In 1994 it was “that time.” Well, anyhow, I penned a ...

Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press) Vuong, a Vietnamese American poet, won great acclaim with his first novel, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” His latest is sent in East Gladness, Conn., where a ...

James Tressler, a former Lost Coast resident and journalist, is a writer and teacher living in Ankara.

Don’t put it off. Do it soon. One final word. You will notice I have not mentioned our southern friend yet. The reason is that while Donald Trump may dominate today’s headlines, he has very little ...