Woman choosing a new book in the bookstore during COVID-19 pandemic
Woman with protective face mask reading a book in the bookstore

Arts and Sciences’ Marie Lathers says that literature surrounding plagues and pandemics has been a surprising comfort over the past year

Pandemic literature course finds eager students

KBIA-NPR: Marie Lathers, the Treuhaft Professor of French and World Literature at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that reading fiction about plagues and pandemics has proved to be a surprisingly comforting experience over the past year.