Jeremy's background in philosophy and years of academic writing give him a particular lens for literature: he teaches students to build an argument about a text rather than simply summarize it. Whether the assignment involves close reading a poem or analyzing a novel's thematic structure, he pushes ...

Monika treats literature analysis like solving a proof: identify the claim, trace the evidence, and build a coherent argument. Her background spans texts from multiple cultural traditions, having studied at top universities in both India and the U.S. She teaches close reading techniques that turn va...

Reading literature at the doctoral level means going beyond plot summary to interrogate how a text produces meaning — examining narrative structure, rhetorical strategy, and historical context simultaneously. Patrick's exchange year at the Ecole Normale Superieure exposed him to French and comparati...

Reading literature well means slowing down enough to notice what an author is actually doing with language — why a metaphor recurs, how a narrator's reliability shifts, what structure reveals about theme. Eric brings an analytical mindset shaped by scientific training, which turns out to be surprisi...

Reading a novel and analyzing a novel are two different skills, and Dotty's education background at Swarthmore sharpened the second one — close reading for theme, symbol, narrative structure, and authorial intent. She teaches students to build interpretive arguments from textual evidence rather than...

Reading a novel closely means tracking how an author uses symbolism, narrative structure, and character development to build meaning — skills that don't come naturally to most students. Juan is a certified high school English teacher with a bachelor's in the subject, and he teaches students to annot...

Reading literature across multiple languages changes how you see a text — Edgar's background in Modern Languages and his work at Drexel give him an unusually layered perspective on narrative voice, symbolism, and cultural context. He digs into close reading techniques that teach students to build in...

Grant graduated magna cum laude in English with a concentration in Literature from the University of Memphis, so when he's working through a poem's imagery or a novel's narrative arc, he's drawing on deep familiarity with the texts and traditions behind them. His strength is in critical reading — te...

I am a rising sophomore at Emory University working towards a Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology, as well as a minor in global health, culture, and society. I tutored in multiple subject areas in high school as a peer tutor as well as a tutor to younger students in elementary and middle school. ...

Reading literature in multiple languages gives Jenny an unusual lens on how authors build meaning through structure, tone, and cultural context. She teaches students to dig into a text's choices — why Fitzgerald uses color the way he does, or how García Márquez bends time — rather than just summariz...

Reading a novel closely enough to write about theme, symbolism, or character motivation requires a different kind of attention than reading for pleasure. Lindsey's psychology background is surprisingly useful here — she teaches students to analyze characters' decisions and internal conflicts the way...

Reading literature in multiple languages changes how you notice an author's choices — rhythm, word selection, what gets left unsaid. Mary's French minor and time abroad sharpened her close-reading instincts, and she applies that lens to everything from Shakespeare's rhetoric to the symbolism in mode...

Reading a novel or poem closely is surprisingly similar to analyzing a piece of visual art — both demand attention to structure, symbolism, and the choices a creator made deliberately. Brennan's illustration training sharpened that kind of interpretive thinking, and he brings it to literary analysis...

Reading literature closely means learning to sit with ambiguity — tracking how an unreliable narrator shifts your sympathy, or why an author chose one metaphor over another. Carlos approaches texts as arguments about the world, teaching students to build interpretive claims grounded in specific pass...

Reading a novel closely is a different skill than reading for pleasure, and the gap trips up a lot of students when they're asked to analyze symbolism, narrative structure, or an author's rhetorical choices. Andrew walks through passages methodically, teaching students to build interpretive claims f...