Dystopian Fiction Is Selling Like There’s No Tomorrow Associated Press Some experts say readers often return to dystopian works during periods of great change, hoping to find out how they can avoid the nightmarish worlds the works depict. Beyond … Continue reading Dystopian Fiction All the Rage
With so many people telling lies everyday, how is anything meaningful being communicated in the workplace? Sixty Percent of Your Colleagues Are Lying to You Pulse How many people have you spoken with today? Chances are that most of them … Continue reading 8 Signs Someone is Lying to You
A customer dining with friends at a restaurant in Folsom, California reportedly saw a rat while dining and received a “Seen Rat” discount on the bill. The incident, which ended up on FaceBook and then the local news media, criticized … Continue reading How Much is Rat Trauma Worth?
George Orwell’s “1984”, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”, and “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis have all cracked Amazon’s 100 top sellers list this week. Imagine that. Uneasy About the Future, Readers Turn to Dystopian Classics New York Times … Continue reading U.S. Mainstream Rediscovers Quality Literature
How Banning Books Marginalizes Children Who benefits when Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of Part-Time Indian, which deals with racism, poverty, and disability, is banned for language and “anti-Christian content”? Who’s hurt when Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings’s picture … Continue reading Banning Books Hurts Kids
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