book recommendations

Five books to read before you graduate

Whether you are graduating in May or getting ready to move in this fall, here are the books that I think you should read before you graduate.

| Junior Forum Editor

A story of stories: Review of WU alum’s ‘Topics of Conversation’

Why do stories matter? This is a question I didn’t used to have an answer to. I knew I liked stories, both as a listener and as a teller. I’ve thought about good stories as full of powerful messages that could travel great distances and have lives beyond their intentions. However, after reading “Topics of Conversation” by Miranda Popkey, I’ve begun to see stories in a different light. Now, I see the power inherent in telling a story at all.

Lydia McKelvie | Staff Writer

Four socially-minded books to get you thinking during winter break

Anywhere from one to three weeks from now, depending on when your finals end, you’ll get to go home for winter break. You’ll have finished the fall semester, which means you’ll have a month off from classes, healthier sleep habits and an abundance of free time. What can you do with this newfound freedom? Read!

| Staff Writer

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