1. Life / Literature The Writing and Reading Program At Western New England College

2. How much of the world will you see in your lifetime?

3. Will you make it to Asia?

4. The Himalayas?

5. Africa’s Serengeti Plain?

6. Will you see the Golden Gate Bridge or experience life on the West Coast?

7. How many different cultures will you encounter and learn from?

8. Will you dance with a Corps de Ballet?

9. Obviously, the world is too large, too packed with possibilities for one person to see and do it all. But there are ways to expand your perspective!

10. Literature introduces us to worlds we could never visit ourselves. Literature takes us all over the world, even back through time. Literature feeds the imagination. Illustration by Alan Lee

11. A close and responsive reading of literature improves critical thinking skills… and can make you a better writer.

12. Literature connects us to all human experiences…

13. Why Literature? Literature is life.