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It’s simply amazing. Seemingly random lines and dots are able to combine to form a meaning that goes beyond the paper it is written on. A specific arrangement of these symbols can be made to elicit a response from the … Continue reading →

Choosing what to read is exhausting. I try to expose myself to the literature that’s out there, so I’ll drive to the bookstore and walk along the long aisle and just browse. But what am I really looking for? What … Continue reading →

Preston Evans ENGL 120W 04/06/14   The Reality of Fiction What is it about great fiction novels that draws us in? Is it the ability to be transported to distant places that can exist only within our minds? Or, is … Continue reading →

How can a college student convince a company to invest $50,000 in their idea?  I can tell you its not easy.  I rarely trust lending my car keys to college friends.  So how could I convince a company to invest … Continue reading →

When I was younger, I’d curl up on the couch in my living room with a book, usually a Harry Potter one I had read before, and disappear into its fictional world for hours at a time. Opening up a … Continue reading →

Daniel Weinfeld Picture a crowded library. Men, women, and children reading, writing, and learning in a respectful and quiet public environment. Today, chances are nearly everyone in the library is using a computer. Laptop owners are taking advantage of WIFI … Continue reading →

My relationship with reading has always been a complicated one. When I had just moved to the United States, I struggled to keep up with the reading assignments I was supposed to do for school, and reading became a kind … Continue reading →

At the beginning of every semester, college students struggle to buy their textbooks, and then throughout the semester, they struggle to look for ways to avoid reading them.  Reading through an assigned book, no matter it is purely scientific or … Continue reading →

When I first read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery in elementary school, I became terrified of growing up; of becoming obsessed with figures, of only caring about money and economy and politics. How could I forget about the … Continue reading →

These are words. Words have meaning. We read and listen to understand the meaning of words. If we could skip this process entirely, would that be optimal? For example, imagine that the meaning of words could be transmitted telepathically from … Continue reading →