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            12 Articles Categorized Under First-Year Reading: Fiction

            Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction
            June 24 2020

            An Absolutely Remarkable First-Year Reading Guide

            It may not be surprising to hear that Hank Green—brother to John Green and co-creator of Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, and SciShow—thinks about the Internet a lot. It makes plenty of sense, then, for his debut novel to ask some big questions about how we connect online. “Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is

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            An Absolutely Remarkable First-Year Reading Guide

            Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction
            June 24 2020
            First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            May 8 2020

            Colson Whitehead has won his second Pulitzer Prize for THE NICKEL BOYS

            Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, The Nickel Boys. This is his second Pulitzer Prize (his novel The Underground Railroad won in 2017) and he is only the fourth writer—alongside Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and John Updike—to win two Pulitzer Prizes each in the Fiction category. Winner, ALA Alex Award Winner,

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            Colson Whitehead has won his second Pulitzer Prize for THE NICKEL BOYS

            First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            May 8 2020
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction General
            January 16 2020

            Under the Feet of Jesus at the University of Oregon

            On the University of Oregon campus, incoming students are reading Under the Feet of Jesus as part of the Common Reading program. Written by Cornell Professor Helena María Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus tells the story of the men, women, and children who labor under dangerous conditions as migrant workers in California’s fields. At the center

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            Under the Feet of Jesus at the University of Oregon

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction General
            January 16 2020
            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 20 2019

            Ask the Author: Highlights from Tommy Orange’s AMA

            In July 2019, the reddit community r/books selected the acclaimed novel There There as their book of the month. Tommy Orange joined the group for an AMA (Ask Me Anything), answering an array of questions covering everything from his book to his writing process to his favorite flavors of ice cream. Read a selection of

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            Ask the Author: Highlights from Tommy Orange’s AMA

            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 20 2019
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 8 2019

            Read an Excerpt From Brandon Hobson’s Where the Dead Sit Talking

            Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson explores the themes of loneliness and trauma as a young Native American boy named Sequoyah experiences life in the foster care system. This 2018 National Book Award Finalist is about a broken teenager’s search for his identity and the hardships of being displaced. Sequoyah lives his life always keeping his feelings buried, until he is placed with the Troutt family. There he meets Rosemary, a friend and confidant who, like him, is a Native American child living in the foster care system.

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            Read an Excerpt From Brandon Hobson’s Where the Dead Sit Talking

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 8 2019
            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            July 24 2019

            The University of Iowa Selects Kindred for the Second Year in a Row

            Kindred by Octavia Butler has been chosen by the University of Iowa’s General Education Literature program to be their feature title for a second year. The program focuses on helping students become comfortable reading different kinds of texts with historical, social, political and cultural contexts. It is geared towards non English majors to improve their reading and writing skills as well as generate interest in an English major. The overall goal is to create a perpetual habit of reading for students.

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            The University of Iowa Selects Kindred for the Second Year in a Row

            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            July 24 2019
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            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 29 2018

            Karan Mahajan: Meet the Author of The Association of Small Bombs

            Karan Mahajan, author of THE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL BOMBS, discusses his idol, what inspires him, the first book he loved, and his biggest fear as a writer.

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            Karan Mahajan: Meet the Author of The Association of Small Bombs

            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 29 2018
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            Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 8 2018

            Dystopian America: Common Reads Selections from Orwell to Atwood

            Common Reads presents a list of classic and contemporary dystopian fiction with offerings for all-ages, ideal for use in both first-year and community reads.

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            Dystopian America: Common Reads Selections from Orwell to Atwood

            Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction Community & School Reads Kids: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction
            August 8 2018
            Passage
            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            July 13 2017

            Khary Lazarre-White, Author of PASSAGE, Shares a Letter to Readers

            Passage is the story of a young man’s journey. Warrior, the protagonist, is surrounded by deep family love and a sustaining connection to his history—connections that arm him as he confronts both spiritual and human forces that seek his destruction. It is, in part, an allegory, and a poetic narrative that allows you to experience

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            Passage

            Khary Lazarre-White, Author of PASSAGE, Shares a Letter to Readers

            First-Year Reading: Fiction
            July 13 2017
            Imbolo Mbue
            Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            April 10 2017

            BEHOLD THE DREAMERS Author Imbolo Mbue on College and the Immigrant Experience

            I was born in Cameroon and moved to the United States after high school to attend college. Having never been that far from home, I was extremely homesick in my first months in the country (it didn’t help that the weather was too cold for my liking). That all changed when I arrived at college.

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            BEHOLD THE DREAMERS Author Imbolo Mbue on College and the Immigrant Experience

            Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading First-Year Reading: Fiction
            April 10 2017
            Exit West
            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction
            April 5 2017

            Listen to EXIT WEST author Mohsin Hamid discuss narrating his audiobook & why he was inspired to write about the migration experience

            EXIT WEST by Mohsin Hamid is an astonishingly visionary love story that imagines the forces that drive ordinary people from their homes into the uncertain embrace of new lands. The talented New York Times bestselling author also narrated his own audiobook. Join Hamid in the studio as he discusses the universality of the migration experience,

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            Exit West

            Listen to EXIT WEST author Mohsin Hamid discuss narrating his audiobook & why he was inspired to write about the migration experience

            Community & School Reads Adults Community & School Reads Adults: Fiction First-Year Reading: Fiction
            April 5 2017
            First Year Reading The Circle
            First-Year Reading: Fiction First-Year Reading: Science & Technology
            April 3 2017

            THE CIRCLE by Dave Eggers has been selected for Common Reading at Auburn University

            Auburn University has chosen The Circle by Dave Eggers as their 2017 Common Book. Auburn is the 26th college or university to select The Circle for their common reads program. This novel, which is soon to be a major motion picture, follows idealistic Mae Holland after she is hired to work for the world’s most powerful

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            First Year Reading The Circle

            THE CIRCLE by Dave Eggers has been selected for Common Reading at Auburn University

            First-Year Reading: Fiction First-Year Reading: Science & Technology
            April 3 2017
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