You're alone. You're in the midst of writing a research paper, reading four different books for three different classes, and your head is about to explode. You know that you like to read, but this amount of work is just killing the drive to look at any more pieces of text. You feel like you haven't picked up a decent fiction in months.
A lot of Barnard/Columbia students are facing this same exact predicament. Lost in the pages of their sociology books, they lust after the brief pleasure of having time to sit down with a novel, memoir or short story and really enjoy reading again. But where would you get the time?

This is where the Best of Bright Year zine comes in.
This zine is a collection of well-written short personal essays by author Kirsten Major, where she talks about her life in short two or three page snippets. When I was reading this zine, I was struck by just how the writing was easy to read and connect with - there was never a dull moment. This zine goes over everything from relationships to philosophy and not without some good-natured irony along the way. It is the perfect antidote to your biochemistry homework.
Stop on by the second floor of the Barnard Library and check out the zine rack for Best of Bright Year this week, and get the full synopsis here.