I’m always thrilled to read books that my students recommend to me. Even when their tastes as readers diverge wildly from my own, understanding the stories that resonate with them gives me that opportunity to have a conversation about literature and tone and theme that might otherwise just be tuned out. I mean, come on, I love Shakespeare, but he can be a hard sell for a sixteen year old who wants to hear her voice represented. Enter Exit, Pursued by a Bear, which obviously had me […]
