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The webpage for incoming Oxford University students has a reading list, but suggests that students read a wide variety of literature and then includes this cute tidbit, "even reading Twilight would be helpful." The snobby self-appointed experts seem to think that most reading should be in one of two categories: things written before 1950 or things written by contemporary authors that promote Big Ideas That The Right People Like. Sigh. Thanks for the rant. I love reading classics. I love reading popular fiction. I love reading literature, genre fiction, picture books, adult fiction, and YA. :D
In which I gamely stick out my tongue
I tried to ignore this article, but a rant has been boiling up in me for days and I'm afraid I've got to let out some steam. But hopefully in a kind and respectful way. The NY Post saw fit to give this man and his ideas a loud podium. I feel like it merits a response from my own quiet one. In my...
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These are a few of my favorite words
I want some good words today, peeps. I want to infuse my writing with some choice words that I may be neglecting. So let's do a nice trade, shall we? Off the top of my head, here are some words I love, and then you give me some you love in the comments. That's fair, isn't it? Words you like the ...
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