The Lives of Animals was the first book I read in college—or at least the first book I read in a strange, amazing seminar that rewired my brain in the first semester ...
The Book That Made Me
The Book That Made Me explores the books that have changed our lives.
The Book That Made Me: Unashamed
I first read Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go right after the end of my junior year in college. A professor of mine, Marisa Parham, had just recommended it. My mom and I were driving ...
The Book That Made Me: Belong
As a literature student, I’d wanted words to fix me. But it was images that pieced me back together …
The Book That Made Me: Multilingual
Speaking German alongside Spanish seemed as natural as placing scones next to the teapot on the table at teatime …
The Book That Made Me: A Girl
When I was four, I would only respond to the name Dorothy. My grandpa had given me a new hardcover edition of The Wizard of Oz, lushly illustrated by …
The Book That Made Me: Gay
A professor of English and gender studies reveals how one’s identity can be transformed from the most unexpected sources—in this case, sports memoir …
The Book That Made Me: A Sociologist
A renowned American sociologist reflects on the book that persuaded him to abandon a career playing bar piano in Chicago ...
The Book That Made Me: Learn How to Love
The Book That Made Me is a series about the books that have changed our lives. In this inaugural installment, a National Book Award–winning historian …