What’s the best book you read over the summer?Dutton Kearney, assistant professor of English:
“Fobbit” is the best comic war novel since “Catch-22.”
Aaron Andrews, junior English major:
I read “The Wind in the Willows” every summer before starting school. It’s a children’s book about home, so it’s like going home in your mind. It’s like vacation.
What new music did you find?
Kearney:
Summer is the perfect time for cigars, Cape Cods, and new music … “Coloring Book” from Chance the Rapper is a no-brainer, Schoolboy Q’s “Blank Face LP” is nice, and while I’m not the biggest fan of Young Thug, he did give me a shoutout on his new song “Wyclef Jean,” so it’s only polite to return the love.
Andrews:
I listened to Chris Thile from the Punch Brothers. He’s the world’s greatest mandolin player.
How do you select your summer entertainment?
Kearney:
The delight of summer is to occupy your mind with the frivolous so you can get back to the serious.
Andrews:
When I pick books, I ask myself, “What’s the next huge thing that I can’t call myself a proper English major if I don’t read it?”