NPR – Julie Depenbrock
“Luckily, she and other Duke freshmen have a built-in conversation starter: the reading they’ve all been assigned — Richard Blanco’s Prince of Los Cocuyos. “I’m excited about it. It gives us something extra to talk about — common ground we might not otherwise have,” says Catrett. And that’s what many colleges and universities across the country are going for. Schools often call it their common reading program; some are just for freshmen, and for others, the entire campus or local community joins in.”(more)