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Common Reading 2022: Supplemental Materials

Anthology Table of Contents

Excerpts from "Why the World Doesn't End: Tales of Renewal in Times of Loss" by Michael J. Meade
Instructions on Not Giving Up by Ada Limón
Failure is Not an Option by Allison Carr
Everything's Becoming a Subscription, and the Pandemic is Partly to Blame by Heather Long and Andrew Van Dam
Ultra-Fast Fashion is Eating the World by Rachel Monroe
This Stack of 42 Broken PlayStation 4 Consoles Is Exactly Why We Need Right-to-Repair Laws by Caroline Delbert
Want to Fight the Zombie Fire Apocalypse? Weaponize Math by Matt Simon
I Am a Future Ancestor by Josué Rivas
A Right to the City by Tony Cohn
Excerpt from Blue-Skinned Gods by S.J. Sindu
Excerpt from Out in Central Pennsylvania, "Chapter 2: Sparks!" by William Burton and Barry Loveland
Free (Steamboat) Willie: How Walt Disney’s Original Mouse Could be Entering the Public Domain by Jacob Douglas
The Viral ‘Wellerman’ Sea Shanty Is also a Window into the Remarkable Cross-Cultural Whaling History of Aotearoa New Zealand by Kate Stevens
Exploring the Links Between Parent–Student Conversations About College, Academic Self-Concepts, and Grades for First-Generation College Students by Rebecca Covarrubias, James Jones, Rosalind Johnson
The Organic Myth: There’s No Type of Content that is Natural to Social Media by Elinor Carmi
The Rise of the Athlete Podcaster: How Players Began Telling a New Story About Sports by Hua Hsu
The Beauty and Care of Disabled Friendships by A. H. Reaume
What To Do When Everything Feels Broken by Daniel Alexander Jones