This summer I have the great privilege to attend TWO summer institutes: one on the Holocaust & this one about the Middle East. This one is only a week but there is still some prep work & readings to get done before I get shipped off to Duke University. The amazing about this program is [...]
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Summer Book Swap 2019
Each summer my husband and I pick a book out for each other that we have to read. It’s a fun little tradition we have done every year we’ve been together (read HERE for information about our past summer book swaps). It really forces us out of our traditional literary comfort zone and provides common ground for [...]
Holocaust through Visual Culture Reading List
Now that school is (thankfully) winding down, I have started my giant reading list for my summer programs. Honestly, I love this kind of stuff because I am an academic at heart (& soul) but without this kind of professional development in the summer my mind would just waste away watching Netflix or something else [...]
2018 Book Reviews
I'm a big reader, but until I started this list I didn't actually realize how many books I manage to read in a year. I quite honestly thought I was low on the numbers because I'm so busy during the school year but this list has shown me that is anything but true! I do [...]
Book Review: If you love The Handmaid’s Tale…
For starters, if you love the HBO series The Handmaid's Tale then you really need to read the book by Margaret Atwood. But if you are already past that point then I have the next book for you: The Red Tent by Anita Diamond! Read more: Book Review! The Handmaid’s Tale The gist is that The [...]
