Edgar Allan Poe is a mainstay of American literary culture, particularly in classrooms and book clubs as Halloween nears. (The seeming infinite appeal of The Simpsons tribute episode helps as…
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Ever lurk on discussion boards for books you are reading to see what insights others come up with? No? Well, I DO! Goodreads user Alex asked an interesting question about…
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When it comes to discussing books, there are two main ways readers can go about it: reading closely (this is by far the most popular), or reading distantly. But with…
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Math has so much to offer readers. It can open up wonderfully new ways to enjoy literature.
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In schools today, there is too often a deep line dividing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) from the humanities. That line is falsely drawn, and it limits the potential…
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In Normal People by Sally Rooney, it turns out Marianne’s scant breakfast speaks volumes about her emotional state.
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How does Sally Rooney’s use of pronouns in Conversations with Friends reflect the gender and sexual fluidity of her main character?
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When reading a book, our eyes scan over thousands of words so regularly and our minds imagine the story into reality so effortlessly that we forget something important. Every individual…
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After reading Christina Hammonds Reed’s novel The Black Kids, I wanted to return to the concept of “nobody” from Emily Dickinson’s poem. Reed refers to the poem both directly and…
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The relationships between characters can say a lot about a story. Readers gain a unique insight into these relationships when they observe the number of times characters’ names are used…
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