Reading Time: 2 minutes The Fulton Library auditorium was filled at capacity with students, faculty and staff eager to see world-renowned author, Lee Hyeon-seo who was chosen by the Freshman Experience faculty to speak about her experiences depicted in her book The Girl with Seven Names. Selected as the 2018-2019 school year reading requirement for all incoming freshman, it was […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winter is coming and with that dreaded cold drawing near, here are three books students should read to inspire, motivate, cultivate or take a spoon full of the sweetest laughter every student needs. A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace While on assignment for Harper’s magazine, Wallace writes seven nonfiction […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s not difficult to imagine why a book like “Reviving Ophelia” would interest Erica Robinson, who works with troubled teens in our valley. In her work as a case manager at a crisis shelter for teenagers, Robinson has seen girls struggling with issues like drug addiction, self-harming, teen pregnancy, self-esteem and more. She has read […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Travel forward and back in time, around the globe and beyond; probe the psyches of housewives, heathens and heroes; explore universal conflicts and everyday events. Books can take us places – they are like portal keys for journeys of the mind and imagination. On Friday, January 27 beginning at 10 a.m., Provo Library invites […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute 1. Reading books makes you appear intelligent and sophisticated to your good friends, cherished co-workers, and other subordinates. Kind of like smoking in front of impressionable children. 2. Reading at the library is one of the most cost effective methods of entertainment. All that money you’ll be saving means more illicit drugs in your system […]