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Why I Only Packed 3 Books for College

When you pack for college, you're going to have to leave some books behind. Here's why one reader decided to take exactly 3 books to campus.

Women of Color Who Should Be Added to the Literary Canon

Love Dickens, Hugo, and Stendhal? Read these women of color.

The Scripture of Rebecca Solnit: On Books That Help You Survive Life

How a book of Rebecca Solnit essays helped one reader find her way through college.

Intro to Fiction: A Rioter’s College Journey

An avid reader takes on his first fiction college class.

LIT 501: The Proper Reading of Comics

Why are we studying comics in college? Oh, I'll tell you why, buddy.

10 Rad Poetry Slam Videos You Must Watch

10 excellent poetry slam videos about parenting, feminism, racism, tech, and more

Reading The Books I Was Supposed To Read in College

It makes no sense to me now how a dedicated reader goes to college to study literature and does not ...

The Day the Literature Died

Like all of us, I remember where I was the day I learned that literature had died. I was at ...

The Gathering Tablet Storm

As I wrote last week, I think the iPad represents the future of reading. While writing that review, I had ...