Bastille's new album, '&,' is one of the albums of the year. A literate work that harkens back to the days of The Who thematically. We spoke with Dan Smith about it.

Nathan Gorelick traces literary criticism and psychoanalysis to their shared origins during the 17th and 18th centuries.

English teacher Leila Wheless says many of her students expect "things should be easy, entertaining, immediately accessible, ...