If you’re sick of the state of politics, you’re in good company—a lot of Shakespeare’s characters were, too. Shakespeare’s plays are filled with terrible kings and queens, princesses and dukes, but we don’t usually talk about the ways that the …
August New Content Update
Regardless of what it’s going to look like, the beginning of the school year is nearly upon us. Here is a list of thirteen new titles to help you get you prepped for back to school reading assignments. 1. Refugee by Alan …
Top 5 Worst Shakespearean Kingdoms to Live In
If you’re sick of the state of politics, you’re in good company—a lot of Shakespeare’s characters were, too. Shakespeare’s plays are filled with terrible kings and queens, princesses and dukes, but we don’t usually talk about the ways that the …
July New Content Update
We’ve been busy continuing to create new study guides for your education and enjoyment. Here is a list of fifteen of our new titles for July. 1. Black Theology and Black Power by James H. Cone Cone’s Black Theology and Black Power explores and …
The New Top 10 American Novels: One profe’s list
This year, the Fourth of July will feel different: the Black Lives Matter movement has inspired a national reckoning around racism that pushes all of us who live in this country to ask deep, critical questions about this country we …
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A Summer Reading List Extravaganza
Here you go: another acknowledgment that times are strange. This summer feels like many things, but “relaxed” has yet to be one of them. When considering a new summer reading list “in these unprecedented times” it seemed safe to include …
4 Book Recommendations on the African American Experience
It is challenging to select a handful of books that can adequately encapsulate over four hundred years of racial disparity, injustice, and oppression of a group of American citizenry. Historically, our educational institutions designate African American history as unworthy of …
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9 of the Top Shakespearean Words Students Struggle With—and What They Mean
If you’re reading this post on words in Shakespeare’s plays that students struggle with, chances are you’re studying Shakespeare and are having a few issues with some of the language. Although Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English, his writing contains …
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5 Tips to Writing a Great Paper
The fact that you’re reading this shows you probably have a paper deadline coming up sooner than you’d like. You may be stuck in either the introduction or the conclusion—hopefully in the latter, but probably in the former. Do not …