I never read The Great Gatsby in high school. Nor did I read The Color Purple. Or Lord of the Flies. Emma. Fahrenheit 451. Great …
Rediscovering Literature
Nerding Out
Learning to Love Reading Again During Grad School
It’s a warm day in May 2013. I’m sitting in an office at my university, going on about the year’s worth of history books I’ve …
A Dog-Eared Copy of Jane Eyre
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.” That first line–and dozens of others–from Charlotte Brontë’s masterpiece are permanently etched in my …