Reading a novel closely is surprisingly similar to reading a patient's case history: both require tracking patterns, subtext, and unreliable narration. Shelley's psychology background gives her a distinctive lens for unpacking character motivation and thematic development in everything from Shakespe...

Reading a poem or novel closely means asking what the author is actually arguing — about human nature, power, identity — and then tracing how literary devices serve that argument. That's the same interpretive work Justin does daily as a philosophy graduate student at the University of New Mexico, an...

Rachel's background as a freelance writer and former classroom teacher gives her a practical lens for literary analysis — she teaches students to trace themes, dissect narrative structure, and build arguments about a text rather than just summarizing plot. Her Johns Hopkins training sharpened her ab...

Reading literature well means noticing what a text is doing, not just what it's about — why Toni Morrison fragments a timeline, or how a sonnet's volta reframes everything before it. Erica earned dual degrees in English and Latin Literature at Oberlin, giving her range across centuries and tradition...

Theater and literature share DNA — both demand close attention to character motivation, symbolic language, and the way structure shapes meaning. Laura digs into poetry, novels, and drama with students by asking the same questions she'd ask of a script: what is this moment doing, and why does the aut...

Reading literature well means arguing with the text — asking why an author chose this metaphor, this narrator, this ending. Bryan studied history and government at Dartmouth, where seminars demanded exactly that kind of critical interrogation of written sources, and he applies the same rigor to fict...

Craig has taught college-level writing and tutored English and essay editing alongside his math career, so he's no stranger to sitting with a text and pulling apart how an author builds an argument through structure and language. His faculty experience at the university level means he knows what ins...

Reading literature critically means doing more than summarizing plot — it means asking why an author chose a particular structure, symbol, or point of view. Thomas brings a scientist's analytical lens to literary texts, teaching students to build interpretive arguments grounded in close reading of s...

Reading a novel for class is one thing; building an argument about its themes, symbols, or narrative structure is another skill entirely. Daniela's English studies keep her immersed in close reading and literary analysis across genres, from American realism to contemporary poetry. She teaches studen...

Reading literature well means doing more than summarizing plot — it means noticing how an author's choices in structure, imagery, and point of view create meaning. Uphoria brings a cross-cultural perspective from studying Russian literary traditions alongside English-language texts, which sharpens h...