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Though we have seen some beautiful weather these past few weeks, the promise of Spring is still a month away. Fortunately, winter’s cold and dreary weather provides the perfect excuse to cozy up with a good...

As part of the Quick Center’s Inspired Writers Series, author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton spoke with professor Phil Kay about her new book during an event on Thursday, Feb. 16. The virtual talk focused on her...

In light of this week being the National Young Readers Week, I thought it would be nice to share some of my favorite story books growing up. My grandmother was an elementary school teacher who won Teacher of...

When I heard the news that Veronica Roth, the “New York Times” bestselling author of the “Divergent” series, was coming to Fairfield University to promote her newest book, I immediately purchased a...

Reading is a great way to engulf yourself in a new world with new characters and their individual plots and character arcs. While being entertained by a new setting is fun, sometimes it’s good to have...

Summer is fast approaching and the excitement that surrounds this season is already kicking in: more free time, trips to the beach, long summer nights and seeing friends from home. However, my favorite summer...

I’ve been called a “dirty feminist” and enough offensive words against my gender to charge up a small motor that runs on fragile masculinity. Thus, I’ve read a lot of phenomenal “woman power,”...

I have a few fond memories surrounding Fairfield’s downtown bookstore but one, in particular, stands out. My freshman year, I was doing homework in the Starbucks on Post Road, inside the bookstore, and the...

Last year I wrote an essay on the Native American Cinderella story. In its most recent rendition, it was published as a children’s picture book called “The Rough Faced Girl” by Rafe Martin. In the...

This might sound ridiculous, but there’s something magical about a public library. I grew up with this magic.  See, I read quite quickly. At the peak of my book consumption, I could blow through 10...