Short Stories We Read Part II
I’ve talked about short stories on this blog before. To sum up my earlier post, I love the format of the short story because it allows the author and the … Read More
I’ve talked about short stories on this blog before. To sum up my earlier post, I love the format of the short story because it allows the author and the … Read More
I am a science fiction fan. So much so, that my love of the genre is one of my go-to “fun facts” whenever I introduce myself. I have short stories … Read More
As I’ve written about previously, short stories are quite different in breadth and depth than a novel. Like a snapshot in a photo album or a scene in a play, … Read More
Short stories wrap everything up. Short stories leave you wanting more. Short stories quickly move from one topic to the next. Short stories are neat and tidy. Short stories are … Read More
Disclaimer: this post contains references to texts related to violence, trauma, and PTSD. As a supporter of bibliotherapy, I strongly believe in reading texts that resonate with us, texts with … Read More
The Books We Read team is planning to attend the Celebration of Scholarship at New Brunswick Libraries this year again in Douglass Library on Wednesday, November 8, 2022 from 4 … Read More
Last year Ian Dykstra introduced a new genre – horror fiction – to Books We Read fans in his post Halloween Horror, posing the question: “there’s enough horror in the … Read More
Back in 2019, little did we know that a small library’s reading initiative would survive its first semester, let alone that it would grow into a campus-wide program at Rutgers-New … Read More
Whenever someone asks about my favorite writer, I always talk about Jhumpa Lahiri. She has been my “favorite” since I read her during my time as an undergrad student. Yet … Read More
My first encounter with the work of Ursula K. Le Guin happened in my freshman year at Rutgers, when my friend handed me a book she was reading for a … Read More