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Stop Worrying and Love the Book

Books are meant to be enjoyed. Sure, authors have different motives for their works—some may want to start a revolution while others hope to deliver a good beach read. However, the point is that you should keep an open mind, no matter what those Amazon reviews say.


Memoir Videos 1 videos

What's a Memoir?
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Memoir. n. A book in which you write down all your thoughts and memories so that millions of randos can get to know far more about you and your fam...

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Plays Videos 14 videos

A Raisin in the Sun
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This video summarizes the play A Raisin in the Sun. It discusses the Youngers, members of an African-American family trying to better themselves wh...

A Midsummer Night's Dream Summary
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Love potions are tricky business (not that we've ever tried using one, of course). They can make you fall in love with the wrong person…or, in th...

Hamlet
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In the world of Shakespeare, pretty much everyone either dies or gets married. Hamlet and co. got the short end of that stick.

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Poetry Videos 25 videos

What is Poetry?
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That's a good question. Maybe this is poetry. A haiku, perhaps.

Meter in Poetry
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Without meter, poetry is just... poetry without meter.

Music as Poetry
1452 Views

We'd like to read heavy metal poetry.

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Short Stories Videos 2 videos

The Tell-tale Heart
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What would YOU do if the heart of the person you buried under the floorboards started making noise? Only one way to find out... (Note: Shmoop does...

Short Stories
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Oh ye of small attention spans: if novels don't float your boat, short stories just might. Even if that boat is less of an oil tanker and more of a...

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