The Case for Teaching Depressing Books

“Are we ever gonna read happy books in here?”Article continues after advertisementRemove Ads For over two decades, I’ve received some variation of this question teaching high school literature and composition. And it’s a valid one. My response to bleary-eyed students is typically in the form of a counter-question: “How do you define ‘happy’?” I’m not … Continue reading The Case for Teaching Depressing Books