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Four Novellas to Read During Finals Week

Apr 18, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner |Lee Mandelo |Rita Hayworth |Stephen King

By Karlie ShoffnerFinals are approaching, leaving many students busy writing essays and studying for exams. For us readers, it is difficult for us to dedicate time to reading a full novel at this point in the semester because of all the work we have to finish up. Those who want to take a break from studying to read for fun may be interested, then, in reading one of these four novellas.
Four Nonfiction Books on Climate Change to Read for Earth Day

Apr 14, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner |Amitav GhoshAmitav Ghosh |Aldo Leopold |Rob Nixon

By Karlie ShoffnerApril 22 is Earth Day, a holiday that becomes more and more important each year as the climate crisis continues. For those that want to educate themselves on climate issues, here are four nonfiction novels that discuss issues related to climate change. The Story of More – Hope JahrenJahren’s novel serves as a great introduction to the climate crisis and how it began. This novel explores both the achievements of humanity and how these achievements led to the current climate crisis.
Four Climate Fiction Books to Read for Earth Day

Apr 13, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner |Barbara Kingsolver |Paolo Bacigalupi |Neal Stephenson

By Karlie ShoffnerThe concern over climate change continues to increase each day. It is no surprise, then, that the climate fiction genre has emerged. Climate fiction is a branch of speculative fiction—although most novels are based on real science—in which authors write about climate issues. Many authors use this genre to either show what they believe will happen to the world if climate change continues to be ignored or to bring awareness to current issues.
"Lessons in Chemistry" Book Review

Apr 10, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner

Bonnie Garmus’s debut novel Lessons in Chemistry became an instant phenomenon the moment it was released in 2022. It was not only Barnes and Noble’s Book of the Year for 2022, but also the winner for Best Debut Novel in the Goodreads Choice Awards. The novel currently holds almost 250,000 5-star ratings on Goodreads, with the book’s average rating being 4.35 stars. With such high acclaim surrounding the book, I wanted to see for myself what was so stellar about Garmus’s novel.
An Interview with Poet Sara Moore Wagner

Apr 6, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner

By Karlie ShoffnerPoet Sara Moore Wagner will be reading some of her work at BGSU on Thursday, March 23. She has written two poetry collections, Swan Wife and Hillbilly Madonna, as well as two chapbooks, Tumbling After and Hooked Through. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals and has been nominated for several awards including a Pushcart Prize and Best New Poet. Wagner is also a BGSU alum and earned her BFA in creative writing here.
"Plain Bad Heroines" by Emily M. Danforth Review

Apr 6, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner

Plain Bad Heroines is a novel by Emily M. Danforth. The novel features two timelines that intersect with each other. One part of the novel takes place around 1902. Two young female students at a boarding school find themselves obsessed with a scandalous novel that had recently been published, so much so that they form a society dedicated to the one mentioned in the novel: The Plain Bad Heroine Society. A tragic death occurs, and a copy of the novel is found beside the two dead girls.
An Interview with Poet Dustin Pearson

Apr 6, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner

Dustin Pearson is the author of three poetry books; A Season in Hell with Rimbaud, Millenial Roost, and A Family is a House. His writings have been featured in numerous literary journals and have won multiple awards including ones from the Katherine C. Turner and John Mackay Shaw Academy of American Poets Awards and the Pushcart Prize. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Toledo. Pearson will be coming to BGSU’s campus to read his work.
"Daisy Jones & The Six" TV Adaptation and Album

Apr 6, 2023 | bgsuauthors.com | Karlie Shoffner

By Karlie ShoffnerTaylor Jenkins Reid’s hit novel Daisy Jones & The Six is the story of a fictional 1970s rock band and their rapid rise to stardom. For fans of bands like Fleetwood Mac, this book encapsulates the drama that many bands at the time faced with their newfound fame: relationship issues, cheating scandals, drug addiction, the list goes on. But the story told in this book is so much more than just a fictionalized Fleetwood Mac.