How We Whippersnappers Read Now

The Next Generation Of Readers Explain Their Approach To Words in the Digital Age

 

At UC Irvine, students in the class “Narratives in a Digital Age,” taught by journalist and assistant professor in the literary journalism department Erika Hayasaki, are discussing the future of reading. A 2012 report found that “the increased use of mobile devices has provided a boost in readers for long-form journalism.” But is that true? The class discussion led to the below set of essays, called “How I Read.”

My Day In Words

The background of my sleek, white Macintosh displays and defines one of my favorite words, “wanderlust.”

I open Google Chrome …

Book Castle

Nothing Like Musty Serendipity

My eyes still grow wide each time I step into Book Castle’s Movie World, and I can’t help but grin at its reliable smell of old books. This place feels …

From Charlie Chan to The Joy Luck Club

 

Amy Tan’s seminal 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club was the first glimpse many Americans had into the Chinese American experience, but history professor Mae Ngai says the challenge of …

The Purpose of Science Fiction

Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is generally considered the first work of science fiction. It explores, in scientific terms, the notion of synthetic life: Dr. Victor …