2012-11-15

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CrashCourse

In which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini-series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What's the point of reading critically. John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike direct communication though, the writer has to communicate with a stranger, through time and space, with only "dry dead words on a page." So how's that going to work? Find out with Crash Course Literature! Also, readers are empowered during the open letter, so that's pretty cool.

Crash Course Literature 100 Reading List:

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Catcher in the Rye

Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

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