For those of you would like a little posting direction, here are some questions that will get you started:

--The Edge Foundation lists idea after dangerous idea in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Given the absurdity and humor of each of those ideas, what do you suppose is the commentary being made?

--"Rock the Junta" paints an interesting portrait of Myanmar's governmental suppression. How does the piece relate to our viewing of The Kite Runner?

--Alison Bechdel's graphic comic investigates death from an emotional and equally detached position. Recalling our reading of "Toga Party," how is death popularly viewed, and how do Bechdel and "Toga Party" reveal something about our views on death that "shake up" those mainstream views?

--Sufjan Stevens writes about his acquisition of literacy at a grocery store. What are the hidden meanings and metaphors of his education process? How does this relate to the concept of nonrequired reading?