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IMG_3800What’s the best book you read over the summer?IMG_3800Dutton 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?”