Tag: reading

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+ books, iran, john a williams, Leila Silmani, library, lillian e smith, reading, william gardner smith

How Do You Choose What to Read?

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Each semester, I inevitably share my musical tastes with students. This may arise when I play background music while students do some in class writing, or it may arise when we discuss a specific topic and that topic reminds me a song. This semester, I shared with students some of my musical tastes, specifically my love for punk, hardcore, and metal. Their initial reaction, … Read More How Do You Choose What to Read?

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+ Christophe Gaultier, Gold Diggers, Sanjena Sathian, The History of Jerusalem, Vincent Lemire

What Have I Been Reading in 2025?

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For the past couple of years, I’ve been tracking my reading habits with the Story Graph app. I like Story Graph because it easily allows me to track what Ive read, what I’m reading, and my to be read list. As well, it gives me a detailed breakdown of my reading habits, including genres, pages numbers, and more. This year, I’ve read 75 books … Read More What Have I Been Reading in 2025?

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+ ernest j gaines, graphic memoir, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, guy delisle, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Palestine

Who’d Want to Read It?

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Guy Delisle spent a year living in Jerusalem as his partner worked for an NGO in the West Bank and Gaza. He detailed his experience in Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City. During that year, Delisle led comics’ workshops in various cities in the West Bank including Nablus and Ramallah. At an event in Nablus he notes that the level of the artists “is not … Read More Who’d Want to Read It?

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+ books, josh trujillo, levi hasting, pauli murray, rashid khalidi, reading

Some of My Favorite Books So Far in 2024

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Last year, I read 79 books. I really wanted to hit 80, but I fell one short. This year, my goal is to read at least 80 books, and as of the end of March I’m on track to read 10 books a month, so 120 books overall. I really doubt I’ll hit that goal, but I may. To reach that goal, I have … Read More Some of My Favorite Books So Far in 2024

+ books, pauli murray, reading, umberto eco

Have You Read All of Those Books?

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Ever since I started my graduate work in literature, I’d buy books whereever I could, typically haunting used book stores, thirft stores, or just ordering books online. I’d order books based off of other books. So, for example, when I read Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre last year, someone mentioned that Jean Rhys wrote a response, focusing on Bertha Mason. This led me to order Rhys’ Wide Saragosa … Read More Have You Read All of Those Books?

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