Blog An English Major Who Hopes To Read The Classics LRR, March 25, 2022February 8, 2025 Looking to take a foray into the exciting world of classic literature? English major Aayushi Agarwal has prepared the must-read checklist for you… Continue Reading
Blog Anna Coronina… or How Classic Books Would Change if the Main Character had Coronavirus LRR, March 16, 2020February 8, 2025 By Alyssa Grimaldi Part of the magic in reading emerges from the distinct ability of imagining yourself in the place of any protagonist. You can be Elizabeth Bennet at the ball with Mr. Darcy, Harry Potter fighting Voldemort, or Hamlet avenging his father’s untimely death. But what if characters from… Continue Reading
Blog Why Genre Literature Should Be Welcome in the Classroom LRR, March 4, 2020February 8, 2025 By Jonathan Trinque Throughout my academic career, I have had a fair amount of exposure to the literary canon. But in all that time the only overt genre novel I think I’ve ever read in a classroom was Lois Lowry’s The Giver in eighth grade. That is before last semester,… Continue Reading
Top 10 Most Literary Indie Bands LRR, February 11, 2014February 8, 2025 My favorite things in life are music and books. The only thing I love more is when they cross over. 1) First prize goes to Neutral Milk Hotel. Their counter-culture classic and magnum opus In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is a giant love letter to Anne Frank. In an interview with Pitchfork,… Continue Reading