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March 22, 2012

VCU Announces Full Body Burden as Summer Reading Selection

Virginia Commonwealth University has announced this morning that their book selection for this year’s summer reading is none other than Full Body Burden! This narrative work of nonfiction tells the story of a young woman growing up in a small … Continue reading →

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March 21, 2012

UMass Amherst Selects Ready Player One for 2012 Common Reading

The Common Reading Committee at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has selected Ready Player One for their Freshmen Read Fall 2012 title! Ready Player One, by debut novelist Ernest Cline, is the winner of the 2012 Alex Award as well … Continue reading →

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March 20, 2012

Random House FYE® 2012 Author Luncheon Videos & Photos Now Available

Video from the Eighth Annual Random House First-Year Experience Author Luncheon event is now up on YouTube. We hope you enjoy them and share them with your colleagues! You may visit our YouTube page to browse all of the videos. … Continue reading →

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March 5, 2012

Baker University Unveils Outcasts United as Common Reading Selection

The search for Baker University’s common book has ended! Last Thursday the university announced that  Warren St. John’s Outcasts United was selected as Baker’s common book. The Baker Orange editorial board writes in their recent announcement that the search for … Continue reading →

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March 1, 2012

Philadelphia U Selects Start Something That Matters for FYE Pick!

We’re happy to share that Philadelphia University has selected Blake Mycoskie’s Start Something That Matters as their text for the 2012 First Year Experience Summer Reading Program! The university’s focus on entrepreneurship and innovation, and its drive to educate civically … Continue reading →

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February 16, 2012

A Message from the Author of The Night Wanderers

Wojciech Jagielski, author of The Night Wanderers, discusses his new book on the story of child solderies of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda in hopes of it serving as a warning against indifference: My book started with my years’ … Continue reading →

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January 17, 2012

A Message from Author Teju Cole

Teju Cole discusses his novel Open City (now in paperback) and its potential for use in  college common reading programs: Open City is narrated by Julius, a young psychiatrist of mixed Nigerian and German heritage. The story begins in 2006 … Continue reading →

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November 29, 2011

How Rebecca Skloot Built The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, has been interviewed a multitude of times on the story behind the book, but The OPEN Notebook chose instead to focus on these two interesting topics: the structure of the … Continue reading →

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November 7, 2011

Mark your calendars for the Eighth Annual Random House First-Year Experience Author Luncheon!

       Random House announces its Eighth Annual Author Luncheon at the 2012 First-Year Experience Conference in San Antonio, TX. Authors in attendance include: Sam Bracken, author of My Orange Duffel Bag: A Journey to Radical Change Peter Buffett, author of Life … Continue reading →

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October 18, 2011

A Volunteer’s Story to Inspire & Challenge Students

Alison Thompson, author of The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story (Spiegel & Grau, 2011), recalls her experiences as a volunteer; experiences she believes will both inspire and challenge students to pursue their own journeys of service and action: September 11th, 2011, marked … Continue reading →

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