So We Read On by Maureen Corrigan

I picked this up because it was a Friday "If You Haven't Read This It Is New To You" series recommendation from Parnassus Books (if you are unfamiliar with these short format videos about books that are worthy, not current but in print, and that you might have missed but shouldn't have, they are well worth watching--try not to get overwhelmed though because I am a pretty intense reader and I can not keep up with these and I have not read most of them). Ann Patchett encourages everyone to read The Great Gatsby again if you have not read it since high school, and then read this as a companion. The author teaches a class at the college level about Gatsby, and this is a great reflection on both Fitzgerald as well as his classic novel and I would definitely recommend this, especially if you are interested in how we look at our country and our history.