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  • New Intern Spotlight: Amy Beard

    Born a Gemini in the year of 1993, to Charles and ChiSuk Beard, I was given the name Amy. Over the course of my 21 years of existence, I have lived on 3 of the 7 continents. My indescribable wanderlust paired with a severe curiosity for fantastic cuisines fuels my…

  • eReaders vs Tablets

    For the longest time, eReaders reigned as the best new technological gadget. Increasing customer convenience, books became more affordable, a single device replaced multiple books, and screen glares as well as other distractions were eliminated. My first eReader was Barnes & Noble’s first generation NOOK. It had an E Ink…

  • From Surface to Meaning: Exploring the Use of Color in History, Politics, and Art

    In anticipation of our soon-to-be-released publication titled From Surface to Meaning: Exploring the Use of Color in History, Politics, and Art, we have provided an abstract of one of the papers chosen for inclusion in this volume as well as a short biography of the author. From Surface to Meaning: Exploring the…

  • The Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations

    Being a child of Generation Z (late 1990s to present), I am not very familiar with all the long, classical films with slow-paced plot lines and old-school actors. What I am familiar with is the current trends in entertainment such as dystopian futures, vampires, witches, wizards, and teen drama, so…

  • Reading Rainbow Revamped!

    I’m sure we all remember waking up to the sound of the Reading Rainbow theme song echoing across the house. It was a catchy melody with the lyrics, “Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high. Just take a look. It’s in a book. It’s Reading Rainbow!” When…

  • Episode 4: Interview with Quentin Falk

    Corey Parson sits down with Quentin Falk to discuss the release of the fourth edition of his book, Travels in Greeneland.  

  • Papers and Publication-Volume 3

    The third digital volume of Papers and Publications has been launched and is available to read here (http://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/papersandpubs/). We’ve begun designing hard copies; based on past experience, we hope to have them for sale by the end of September, if not sooner. This year marked our first creative piece (a…

  • New Intern Spotlight: Molly Morelock

    My name is Molly Morelock. I am a sophomore English major with a concentration in Writing and Publication and a minor in Journalism. I was originally born in Guangzhou, China, but I was adopted at three months old by my single mother. I would consider myself a very simple person.…