āThe Anthropocene Reviewedā Selected as U of Iās 2024-25 Common Read
April 24, 2024
MOSCOW, Idaho ā 69ĀÜĄņapp has chosen āā by John Green as its Common Read for 2024-25.
āThe Common Read committee, composed of students, faculty and community members, felt this selection was a perfect choice to accentuate the scholastic strengths of the institution, explore the current issues facing our planet and develop balance in our global view of the world,ā said Dean Panttaja, U of Iās director of General Education.
āThe Anthropocene Reviewed,ā a collection of personal essays, was the Goodreads Choice winner for nonfiction in 2021 and an instant No. 1 bestseller.
Its summary says, āThe Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity.āÆIn this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale ā from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and āPenguins of Madagascar.āā
It has been called āfunny, complex and rich with detail,ā āthe perfect book for right nowā and āessential to the human conversation.ā
In addition to āAnthropocene,ā Green is the author of five novels, including the 2012 breakout success āThe Fault in Our Stars,ā which was adapted into a movie in 2014. His most recent novel, āTurtles All the Way Down,ā was published in 2017.
Now in its 17th year, the Common Read is designed to engage the university and Moscow community in a unified intellectual activity. First-year students will be assigned to read the book as part of their first-year studies courses and in the first-year writing composition sequence, all part of the General Education program.
Other recent Common Reads have included āEducated: A Memoirā by Tara Westover in 2018; āThere Thereā by Tommy Orange in 2019; āThe Book of Unknown Americansā by Cristina Henriquez in 2020; āGrit: The Power and Passion of Perseveranceā by Angela Duckworth in 2021; āSo you Want to Talk About Raceā by Ijeoma Oluo in 2022; and the āThe Nature Fixā by Florence Williams in 2023.āÆ
Copies of āThe Anthropocene Reviewedā will be available later this summer through the and .
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Media Contacts:
Dean Panttaja
Director, General Education and Assessment
69ĀÜĄņapp
208-885-9025
panttaja@uidaho.edu
Danae Lenz
External Communications Coordinator
69ĀÜĄņapp
406-672-4600
dlenz@uidaho.edu
About the 69ĀÜĄņapp
The 69ĀÜĄņapp, home of the Vandals, is Idahoās land-grant, national research university. From its residential campus in Moscow, U of I serves the state of Idaho through educational centers in Boise, Coeur dāAlene and Idaho Falls, nine research and Extension centers, plus Extension offices in 42 counties. Home to more than 12,000 students statewide, U of I is a leader in student-centered learning and excels at interdisciplinary research, service to businesses and communities, and in advancing diversity, citizenship and global outreach. U of I competes in the Big Sky and Western Athletic conferences. Learn more at uidaho.edu.