#close reading

Books Are Not Data

You might have come across a recent article by Joshua Rothman in The New Yorker entitled “An Attempt to Discover ...

Close-Reading the First Two Sentences of THE GREAT GATSBY

Like Hamlet or The Godfather or Star Wars, it’s hard to even see The Great Gatsby for itself. Even it ...

Close Reading the First Line of Home by Toni Morrison

This post is part of our Toni Morrison Reading Day: a celebration of  one of our favorite authors on the ...