Rutgers Students Stand with the Banned
Banned Books Students Read Following up on my surprising discovery about the volume of banned and challenged books Rutgers students read, I decided to make banned books the focus of … Read More
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Death is Not the End: Writing in Style
Ever wonder why you see a book by a beloved author published under a different name? Following up on Death is not the end: legacy titles in mystery, let’s look … Read More
New Jersey Authors: Harlan Coben
Did you have a favorite plush toy or blanket that you’d drag along with you everywhere as a child? Familiarity provides comfort and reduces the anxiety we are bound to … Read More
From the Archives: Alcohol, Cats, and People
Alcoholism is occasionally referred to as “Jellinek’s Disease” in honor of E. M. Jellinek, whose works, including the book The Disease Concept of Alcoholism, published in 1960, has left a … Read More
Staff Picks: Jhumpa Lahiri
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
Memoirs: Musings and Memories
Memoirs, autobiographies and biographies are all book genres that focus on someone. A person’s life, put on display. The difference lies in the way this person’s story is told. Although both … Read More
The World of Baseball Books: Digging Deep into The National Pastime
It’s the time of year that fills me with a sense of possibility and new beginnings like no other. That’s right, Spring Training is right around the corner. I was … Read More
Mystery in the Wild
How come this topic never occurred to us any earlier? After all, we are writing these blog posts for students interested in biology, the environment, plants and animals, forests and … Read More
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 Flavors of Crime Fiction
Like its older sibling, the mystery novel, crime fiction focuses on characters in high stakes situations. Whether they’re planning a heist, impersonating a dead man, or chasing a perp, these … Read More