featuring Cecil Wooten, Professor Emeritus of Classics About the book from Dr. Wooten: Plato’s Symposium is one of the most remarkable analyses of the nature of love in western literature.  It is not only an insightful treatment of an experience that most human … Read more

featuring Melissa Faliveno, Assistant Professor & Margaret R. Shuping Fellow, Department of English and Comparative Literature About the book from Professor Faliveno: I chose Fun Home as a Great Book because it represents one of the many exciting and ever-evolving … Read more

featuring Michelle King, Associate Professor of History About the novellas from Dr. King: Lu Xun is known as the father of modern Chinese literature, and The True Story of Ah Q (1922) is his most famous work. Ding Ling leapt to fame with … Read more

featuring Hilary Lithgow, Teaching Professor of English and Comparative Literature About the book from Dr. Lithgow: In Our Time is a miniature masterpiece. Showcasing Hemingway’s minimalist style, the stories in this collection provide no direct insight into his characters’ interior lives. … Read more

featuring Michael Keenan Gutierrez, Teaching Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature About the book from Professor Gutierrez: Not only is The Quiet American maybe the most perfectly plotted novel of the last hundred years, but its ideas about the evils of … Read more

featuring Jennifer Flaherty, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Duke University About the book from Dr. Flaherty: Gogol, Chekhov, and Babel are all masters of the short form in different periods of Russian literary history. Before … Read more

featuring Graham Culbertson, Teaching Assistant Professor  of English and Comparative Literature About the book from Dr. Culbertson: The Professor’s House is a modernist masterpiece in miniature; part treasure-hunting story and part domestic novel of manners, with a realistic depiction of academic … Read more