Summer Tales 2021
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Summer Tales Book Club is back!
Join our fun summer reading program hosted by New Brunswick Libraries and Summer Session.
Started in the summer of 2020 to respond to new needs, we created virtual communities for students taking classes remotely. The non-credit course in Canvas continues to promise short mental breaks from coursework through a fool-proof method of distraction: reading short stories and poems and discussing related issues with fellow students. See more in our guide.
REGISTER TODAY!
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- Register to the course
- Read the short story
- Think about the story and how you can relate to it
- Share your thoughts in the discussion thread
- Read what others posted and respond in the discussion thread
- See more in the Canvas course – REGISTER TODAY
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This summer we are going to read short stories, such as Eight Bites by Carmen Maria Machado, and poems, too. See full schedule below.
6/1/2021 –
6/25/2021Carmen Maria Machado: Eight Bites
6/28/2021 –
7/23/2021Rita Dove: Adolescence-II
Li-Young Lee: Persimmons
Natalie Díaz: My Brother at 3 A.M.
Natasha Trethewey: Rotation
7/26/2021 –
8/18/2021Julie Otsuka: Diem Perdidi
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As many as you want, if you are taking classes in the summer at Rutgers. See start dates below.
6/1/2021 –
6/25/2021Carmen Maria Machado: Eight Bites
6/28/2021 –
7/23/2021Rita Dove: Adolescence-II
Li-Young Lee: Persimmons
Natalie Díaz: My Brother at 3 A.M.
Natasha Trethewey: Rotation
7/26/2021 –
8/18/2021Julie Otsuka: Diem Perdidi
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See the top benefits from Summer Tales listed in the middle box. Becoming a better reader will serve you well in any field of study, and practically any career. Trust us, it‘s a lot of fun to read when you don’t have to worry about a quiz or a paper.
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Of course! We want you to have fun with these discussions. You’ll probably have to “unlearn” the way of reading you were taught in high school. See more on How to read well – just scroll down to the middle bottom box.