Delaware fans of rap legend Common can ask him about being romantically linked to singer Jennifer Hudson when he brings his book tour to Wilmington in a free event on Friday, Jan. 26. This event with ...

At the beginning of March, Virginia Tech unveiled the common book for the 2013-2014 school year. Connor Grennan’s book “Little Princes,” which tells the story of the author’s trip to an orphanage in ...

Correction: The original version of this artice incorrectly stated Tara Prescott is an English lecturer. In fact, Prescott is a Writing Programs lecturer. Reading UCLA’s common book wasn’t all that ...

One of the things I enjoyed at UCSB was co-leading the common book program. That effort wasn’t just focused on freshmen, but was open to everyone. We worked really hard to embed the book and theme ...

For authors, having their books chosen as required reading for an entire freshman class at a college or university means exposure to hundreds of young, inquisitive minds and the chance to talk about ...

On Thursday night, over 2,000 students, faculty and community members filled Burruss Hall Auditorium to hear Eric Greitens, former Navy SEAL and best-selling author of this year’s common book, “The ...

When you’re more than 300 years old, it isn’t easy to celebrate your first anything. But this summer, William & Mary sent out its first common book, Oliver Sacks’ Island of the Colorblind, to all ...

Alice Wong, left, is the editor of "Disability Visibility." An anthology of essays compiled by a disability rights activist will be the University of Kansas Common Book for 2022-2023. “Disability ...

This year’s Common Book author agreed to donate half of his speaker’s honorarium profits to undocumented students at UCLA after students and faculty criticized him for profiting off the stories of ...

FAMILY: Husband John Bresland, a nonfiction writer and video essayist, and son Juneau, 3. LIVES IN: Rogers Park, Ill. “We still live in the same apartment, the same building, that I wrote about in ...

CENTER TWP. -- Don’t discuss religion and politics in polite company, etiquette experts say. But open dialogue, especially on topics volatile, leads to understanding and ultimately harmony. At ...