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            24 Articles Categorized Under First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            April 28 2022

            “Genie in a Bottle” by Ian Manuel, author of MY TIME WILL COME

            Ian Manuel, author of My Time Will Come, was sentenced to life without parole at 14 years old. His memoir is a paean to the capacity of the human will to transcend adversity through determination and art—in Manuel’s case, through his dedication to writing poetry. Here is his poem, “Genie in a Bottle”:   I’m

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            “Genie in a Bottle” by Ian Manuel, author of MY TIME WILL COME

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            April 28 2022
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            February 23 2022

            In Memoriam: Dr. Paul Farmer, Subject of Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains (1959–2022)

            Dr. Paul Farmer, medical anthropologist, physician, and professor at Harvard Medical School, passed away on February 21, 2022, in Butaro, Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was the subject of Tracy Kidder’s 2003 book Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. The book is an account of the difference

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            In Memoriam: Dr. Paul Farmer, Subject of Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains (1959–2022)

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            February 23 2022
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            January 21 2022

            Salt in My Soul: Watch the Documentary Based on the Book, Available to Stream January 25

            Salt in My Soul is Mallory Smith’s posthumously published memoir, the collected diaries of a remarkable young woman who was determined to live a meaningful and happy life despite her struggle with cystic fibrosis and a rare superbug—from age 15 to her death at the age of 25. Mallory’s story of resilience has resonated in classrooms across

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            Salt in My Soul: Watch the Documentary Based on the Book, Available to Stream January 25

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            January 21 2022
            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            January 21 2022

            Tara Westover’s Special Message to Students (Educated, Now Available in Paperback)

            Educated,  now available in paperback, is an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. One of the most acclaimed books of our time, it has been taught in classrooms across the country and been selected for common

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            Tara Westover’s Special Message to Students (Educated, Now Available in Paperback)

            First-Year Reading: Memoir & Biography
            January 21 2022
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            May 20 2021

            Talking about the Hard Stuff:
            How to Lead a Summer Reading Discussion about a Difficult Topic

            Research shows the benefits incoming students glean from participating in a common academic experience as they join a new campus community (Hunter, 2006; Mintz, 2019). These findings have led many institutions to develop Common Reading programs for new members of their campus communities. These programs, centered around a group of faculty, staff, and students selecting

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            Talking about the Hard Stuff:
            How to Lead a Summer Reading Discussion about a Difficult Topic

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            May 20 2021
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            March 4 2021

            Freedom after Thirty-Four Years in Prison

            Benjamine Spencer was convicted of murder in 1987—a crime he did not commit. Due to the tireless advocacy of Centurion Ministries over the past twenty years, his conviction has finally been reevaluated, and he is expected to be released after 34 years. His case is one of several that is profiled at length in Jim

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            Freedom after Thirty-Four Years in Prison

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            March 4 2021
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            January 22 2021

            Dr. Kathryn Sullivan Shatters New Records

            Astronaut Dr. Kathryn Sullivan—author of Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention from the MIT Press—has recently added three new accolades to the long list of accomplishments she has earned over the course of her career as scientist and explorer. With her visit this past June to the Challenger Deep at the base of the Mariana Trench, Dr.

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            Dr. Kathryn Sullivan Shatters New Records

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            January 22 2021
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            October 19 2020

            You’re Invited: Join Us for a Big Ideas Night on the Crucial, Timely Topic of Criminal Justice Reform

            Join us on Wednesday, October 21 at 8:00 PM ET on Zoom for a crucial, timely Big Ideas Night on Criminal Justice Reform with a panel of expert authors: Brittany K. Barnett, attorney, entrepreneur, and author of A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom; Emily Bazelon, New York Times Magazine staff writer and author of Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End

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            You’re Invited: Join Us for a Big Ideas Night on the Crucial, Timely Topic of Criminal Justice Reform

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            October 19 2020
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            April 28 2020

            Restorative ocean farmer Bren Smith discusses the future of food through creating a sustainable environment

            Bren Smith, author of Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures Farming the Ocean to Fight Climate Change and executive director of Greenwave gives an inside view of the process of ocean farming and its potential to save the planet in two informative videos. In “This Incredible underwater farm could be the future of food” produced

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            Restorative ocean farmer Bren Smith discusses the future of food through creating a sustainable environment

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            April 28 2020
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            January 16 2020

            Inside the Book: Not Quite Not White by Sharmila Sen

            Author Sharmila Sen discusses the process of assimilation and the significance of race in America. About Not Quite Not White: Winner of the ALA Asian/Pacific American Award for Nonfiction At the age of 12, Sharmila Sen emigrated from India to the U.S. The year was 1982, and everywhere she turned, she was asked to self-report her

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            Inside the Book: Not Quite Not White by Sharmila Sen

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            January 16 2020
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            August 22 2019

            Eleven “Notes” of Wisdom from author Kwame Onwuachi

            By the time he was twenty-seven, Kwame Onwuachi had competed on Top Chef, cooked at the White House, and opened and closed one of the most talked about restaurants in America. Despite his young age, his success wasn’t won overnight: working in Manhattan, he was forced to grapple with just how unwelcoming the world of

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            Eleven “Notes” of Wisdom from author Kwame Onwuachi

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            August 22 2019
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            May 8 2019

            FROM THE PAGE: Call Me American

            Introduced to American movies and pop music while growing up in Somalia, Abdi Nor Iftin fell in love with the idea of America long before he could find the country on a map. As the Somali Civil War broke out, Abdi grew desensitized to the violence around him: avoiding gunfire during his daily trip to

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            FROM THE PAGE: Call Me American

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            May 8 2019
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