Josh Corman

Josh Corman is a writer and English teacher in Central Kentucky and a Contributing Editor at Panels. He also writes for Kentucky Sports Radio’s pop culture blog, Funkhouser. If he’s not reading, he’s hanging out with his wife and two young children or cheering on his beloved Kentucky Wildcats.   Twitter: @JoshACorman

When a Book Gets Everything Right

Have you ever read a book that got everything right? A book that so fully reflects your own thoughts and feelings ...

5 Gift Books for New High School Graduates

A fellow teacher once handed me a list titled “Books Every High School Student Should Read.” The idea was that ...

10 Great Commencement Speeches by Writers

It’s graduation time again, people! The smell of potential energy is in the air and speakers everywhere are preparing to ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in April

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

World Book Night: If You Had One Book to Give

Reading the first-hand accounts of last week’s World Book Night has me all green-eyed, you guys. How cool to deliver ...

Like a New Voice: A Conversation with Josh Ritter

Josh Ritter’s bona fides are well-established: he’s a beloved musician whose poetic brand of folk-tinged-rock has earned him a reputation ...

Why Won’t Men Read Women?

A few days ago, I came across an interview that Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings (check out Greg’s SUPERCUT here), ...

A Six Pack of Bookish COLBERT REPORT Interviews

Nation, I watch a whole lot of The Colbert Report, and though I adore Stephen’s brand of satire, I enjoy ...

What Do Readers Really Want From Literary Adaptations?

Looking ahead at the movie landscape for the rest of 2013 is much like looking ahead at the movie landscape ...

If Books Were Bands

Sometimes, late at night, as I’m trying to get to sleep, I’ll torpedo the whole attempt by asking myself life’s ...