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
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Staff Picks: Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather
How did you see the world when you were a kid? Did you paint pictures where the sky was bluer than blue and didn’t meet the ground at the horizon? … Read More
The Many Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
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
Stephen King, Eventually
For the longest time, I wasn’t much of a horror fan. I thought the genre was all blood, guts, and jump scares, and none of those things appealed to me … Read More
Staff Pick: The Book Eaters
Devon Fairweather is a princess. She lives in a manor house in the countryside with her family. She is brought up understanding how special she is, that she will marry … Read More
Staff Picks: Ship Ablaze
Certain disasters dwell in the public consciousness long after they take place. The sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 took the lives of 1,500 people. In the … Read More
Short Stories We Read: Science Fiction
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
Staff Picks: Circe by Madeline Miller
I’ve had an interest in Greek mythology going back to middle school, when we had a unit on the subject in our English class. Around the same time, I read … Read More
A Collector of Things from the Master of Information Program
This post is part of our series to inspire students at the Summer Session to consider continuing their studies. My journey into the archives was not straightforward. When I graduated … Read More
How We Read: Points of View
The Books We Read Blog is conducting a series of interviews with contributors and friends of the blog to get a snapshot of our reading habits: the things we like … Read More