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Krakauer return to non-fiction scene with 'Missoula'

Krakauer return to non-fiction scene with 'Missoula'

Reed OMara • February 18, 2015

It’s been 12 years since Jon Krakauer graced his readers with a new book, and with an Instagram handle called 
@KrakauerNotWriting, readers expected the mountain-climbing nonfiction writer to be done...

Book satirically explores lives of recent college graduates

Book satirically explores lives of recent college graduates

Reed OMara • February 11, 2015

While satire was a genre commonplace in pre-revolutionary France, it’s less so nowadays – or so one would think. The recently released “A Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year...

Rereading books worthy venture

Rereading books worthy venture

Tori Linville • February 3, 2015

Odds are, if someone has a favorite movie, they have watched and rewatched it so many times that they can recite the film line for line. The obsessive scrutiny doesn’t translate to a favorite book for...

'Book Bonanza' helps underfunded schools

'Book Bonanza' helps underfunded schools

Alana Norris • February 1, 2015

Book Bonanza for the Black Belt is set to give $1,000 worth of books to five 
different Black Belt schools.Jamie Naidoo, a professor in the School of Library and Information Studies, started Book Bonanza...

Non-fiction can be read in series

Non-fiction can be read in series

Reed OMara • January 27, 2015

Whenever someone gets Netflix for the first time, they inevitably succumb to binge watching. Whether it’s “Parks and Recreation” or “Orange Is the New Black,” putting energy toward one particular...

Poehler's interactive autobiography goes beyond typical life lessons

Poehler's interactive autobiography goes beyond typical life lessons

Tori Linville • January 20, 2015

With chapter titles like “Humping Justin Timberlake” and essays dubbed “I’m Worried Not Enough People Hate Me,” it’s easy to figure out why Amy Poehler’s “Yes Please” was in the humor...

Stephen King novels remain haunting and relevant

Reed OMara • January 8, 2015

In the confines of my parents’ home, and in hundreds of other students’ no doubt, is an archaic bookshelf tucked away in a corner, the books citing copyrights from the 80s. While the contents differ...

Readers should navigate more nonfiction

Reed OMara • October 21, 2014

There’s a typical path for the people who consider themselves readers.The first milestone, after ABCs have been learnt, is the time when fifth graders start reading eighth grade level work to maximize...

The book is better than the movie

Marcus Flewellen • October 13, 2014

Recently the movie industry has become too reliant on adaptations. Every major Hollywood blockbuster is based on pre-existing source materials, whether those are young adult novels (“If I Stay,” “Hunger...

This summer, read the right way

Tarif Haque • June 5, 2012

Every summer, when life comes to a standstill, and classes finish, we should all take some time to sit down, calm down and read a good book. I’m talking about the kind of book whose words settle in our...

Cures for the Common Cult: Lenten reading for the non-believer

Cures for the Common Cult: Lenten reading for the non-believer

Isabela Morales • February 28, 2012

As a survivor of Catholic school – 13 years of it, no less ­­– I recognized the Ash Wednesday crosses on the foreheads of students last week. Add to that the stream of Facebook statuses about what...

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