Tag: reading

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+ american literature, Dorthy Starchey, literacy, Literature, Pedagogy, reading, Stefan Zweig, walt whitman

The Power of Literature and Education in Our Lives

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Whenever I teach an early American literature survey course, I know that most students didn’t choose to take the course because they wanted to read American literature before 1865. Most students took the course because it filled their general education requirement and fit the time slot that they wanted for a course. It’s as simple as that. However, almost every time I teach the course, … Read More The Power of Literature and Education in Our Lives

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+ books, Dinner at the Night Library, Hika Harada, library, reading

What Books Are On Your Shelf? Books in Hika Harada’s “Dinner at the Night Library”

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During the Holdiays, as I am wont to do, I went to some bookstores to stock up on reading material for the first part of the new year. When I went into Books a Million, I saw an end cap with some recent books for 60% off. I perused the shelf, picking up a newer copy of Toni Morrison’s Beloved for my daughter and … Read More What Books Are On Your Shelf? Books in Hika Harada’s “Dinner at the Night Library”

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+ annie ernaux, banned books, books, chip zdarsky, dead kennedys, graphic novels, reading, Robert Fitzgerald

Breakdown of My 2025 Reading Habits

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In my last post in 2025, I wrote about some of the books I read last year. Today, for the first post of 2026, I want to do a deep dive into my 2025 reading summary, looking, as well, at information about Americans’ reading habits and at what I plan to read during the first part of 2026. Before I get started, I will … Read More Breakdown of My 2025 Reading Habits

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+ audre lorde, books, claude mckay, Hughes Micol, Loo Hui Phang, margaret atwood, omar el akkad, reading, s.a. cosby

What Did I Read in 2025?

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For the past few years, I have set various reading goals for myself. I initially did this to keep myself on a schedule with reading because I know that if I have a goal to reach, I will do my best to reach that goal. I started off small, with a bar of 60 or so books a year, and once I hit that, … Read More What Did I Read in 2025?

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+ Ágota Kristóf, france, hungary, immigration, Literature, reading, refugee

Ágota Kristóf’s “The Illiterate” and the Loss of One’s Self

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A few days ago, as I am wont to do on occasion, I walked through the stacks at my local library, immediately making a line towards the French literature section. I did this, partly, because I had just read Michael Rothberg’s Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization and wanted to see if I could find some of the works by Didier Daeninckx, André Schwarz-Bart, and … Read More Ágota Kristóf’s “The Illiterate” and the Loss of One’s Self

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