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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

What’s Really Killing Students’ Love of Reading?

Another day, another claim that teachers are killing students’ love of books. This time, it’s assigned summer reading that’s done ...

Six for the Money: Nominating Authors for a Place on U.S. Currency

Jane Austen, according to several reports, is in the running to appear on Great Britain’s ten-pound note in the near ...

6 Books HBO Should Turn Into Series

The so-called “Golden Age of Television,” which began more or less with The Sopranos debut in 1999 and may be yet ...

UNDER THE DOME: A Cautiously Optimistic Review

We open on a dark sky. Pan down to an egg, framed so that the upper half forms a perfect ...

Kids Read the Wrongest Things

I wonder what would happen if, for just one moment, everybody stopped worrying about the books that kids are or ...

5 Bookish Super Powers I Wish I Had

If you’re a nerd of just about any stripe (or know some such person), you’ve probably had a conversation that ...

A Defense of the Canon

There are those who see the canon as something like true north on the compass of a “serious” reader, those ...

What Do Readers Really Want From Literary Adaptations? (The Best of Book Riot)

Much of the good ship Book Riot is off at Book Expo America this week, so we’re running some of ...

If Books Were Bands (The Best of Book Riot)

Much of the good ship Book Riot is off at Book Expo America this week, so we’re running some of ...

How to Talk to Your Teen About Books: A Snob’s Guide

The Difficult Truth Let’s face it: parenting a teenage reader can be a daunting task. With an ever-growing number of ...