2024

Memoir: Melting Point by Rachel Cockerell Recommended by Jay Prosser, reader in humanities at the University of Leeds. Rachel Cockerell’s Melting Point explodes the genre of memoir. For years, I’ve been teaching my students that memoir needs the author to guide us through their story. Opposed to this, Cockerell removes herself entirely, speaking about her irritation with…

The total damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina – be it physical, psychological or economic – is difficult to quantify. But the numbers reported by the Office of State Budget and Management are harrowing: over 100 deaths, US$59.6 billion in damages and thousands of homes destroyed, as of Dec. 13, 2024. More than two months…

18 books for the critical thinker on your holiday gift list Here’s the full book list, alongside links to the episodes that relate to its topic. Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty by Cheryl Thompson, associate professor in performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University RELATED EPISODES What’s in a word? How to…

In today’s fast world, making your website fast is key. Compressing images online is a great way to do this. It makes your images smaller, which means your website loads faster and feels better to use. Using an online image compressor is easy and keeps your images looking good. It uses special algorithms to make…

In today’s digital world, converting media formats is more common than ever. Many people want to turn MP4 videos into MP3 audio files. This is useful for many reasons, like extracting audio for personal use or preparing audio for presentations. Using a simple online free mp4 to mp3 converter makes this process easy and quick….