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May 17, 2012

“The Best Novel About Digital Life Yet,” says Professor

A professor at Oberlin College assigned Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story to her first-year class on new technologies. She’d been teaching the class for over ten years and decided to change things up by assigning Shteyngart’s book to fifteen … Continue reading →

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May 8, 2012

Sacred Heart University Picks The Other Wes Moore for Summer Reading

The incoming freshman class at Sacred Heart University will be reading The Other Wes Moore as their first summer reading assignment. The author, Wes Moore, will also be speaking on campus  to the Sacred Heart freshman class and the entire University … Continue reading →

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April 3, 2012

UTC Unviels Outcasts United as FYE 2012 Selection!

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has officially announced Outcasts United by Warren St. John as their title selection for the university’s 2012 Freshmen Year Reading Experience. After receiving more than 50 entries in favor of choosing Outcasts United, this … 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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September 15, 2011

Academics are Buzzing About Susan Cain’s forthcoming book QUIET

We’ve been getting some great buzz about the forthcoming book, Quiet (Jan, 2012), from academics. A professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University had this to share regarding the application of Susan Cain’s book to the classroom: “Thank you for … Continue reading →

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June 2, 2011

Living Half a Life

Darin Strauss, author of the power and unforgettable memoir Half a Life, has written something special for his readers that we’d like to share on Common Reads. In Half a Life, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss recounts a tragedy and its … Continue reading →

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