Freshman Reading Program

Since the summer of 2004, the First-Year Writing Program has also organized a First-Year Reading Program (FRP). As part of the FRP, all entering first-year students are asked to read a common text, which is then discussed in fall English 101 courses. But that’s not all: students also have the opportunity to meet the author of the text in the fall, during an on-campus lecture and book signing. A small group of students will even have their work critiqued by the author in an intimate Master Class. News about the current book can be found here: http://www.drexel.edu/engphil/news/reading/

• 2004: The Bridegroom, Ha Jin
• 2005: The Middleman and Other Stories, Bharati Mukherjee
• 2006: Our Own Devices, Edward Tenner
• 2007: Servants of the Map, Andrea Barrett
• 2008: Everything Bad is Good for You, Steven Johnson
• 2009: Overclocked, Cory Doctorow
• 2010: The Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick
• 2011: Hoops, Major Jackson
• 2012: Pig Candy, Taking My Father South, Taking my Father Home, Lise Funderberg