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Rebecca Hussey

Rebecca holds a PhD in English and is a professor at Norwalk Community College in Connecticut. She teaches courses in composition, literature, and the arts. When she’s not reading or grading papers, she’s hanging out with her husband and son and/or riding her bike and/or buying books. She can't get enough of reading and writing about books, so she writes the bookish newsletter "Reading Indie," focusing on small press books and translations. Newsletter: Reading Indie Twitter: @ofbooksandbikes

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

Come see the best books the Riot contributors read this May!

My Reading Anxieties, Numbered

One Rioter talks about her many and varied current reading anxieties.

Motherhood and More: A Reading List for Mother’s Day

Memoirs by mothers about parenting, work, art, and all other aspects of their lives.

3 Novels to Make You Laugh and Think

Who doesn’t love a comic novel? What makes something funny is very hard to pin down, and one person’s sense ...

The Book World is Small and Also Large

One Book Rioter's understanding of how small and large the book world is following her trip to AWP.

VIDA Counts and Needs Your Dollars

Have a few extra dollars floating around? Want to send them to bookish people doing important work? You might consider ...

21 Ways I Get My Hands on Books

I thought it might be interesting to make a list of the many ways I acquire books as an adult, now that I'm a book blogger, the internet is a thing, and audiobooks are available on formats other than cassette tapes.

100 Must-Read Essay Collections

There’s something about a shiny new collection of essays that makes my heart beat a little faster. If you feel ...

Reading Pathways: Maggie Nelson

Maggie Nelson is better known now than ever before, but she’s not well-known enough that her most ardent fans (myself ...

Love Jane Austen? Read Her Contemporaries

This is a guest post from Rebecca Hussey. Rebecca holds a PhD in English and is a professor at Norwalk ...