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The Fine Art of Daydreaming While Reading
On Midmorning with Kerri Miller, the recent topic of conversation was “How our Fast Culture Hurts Reading.” The guests, David Ulin and John Freeman, talk about how the instant gratification of the World Wide Web has hurt people ability to concentrate and really dissect reading like we did before the internet was widely available. I [...]
What is the connection between writing and reading?
I just finished listening to an interview with Jane Hamilton, author of The Book of Ruth, on Minnesota Public Radio. I admit that I’ve never read any of her books, but the interview with her was very interesting. The main discussion of this interview was how the writing field has changed and how the internet [...]
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Notable Quote for May 9, 2009
“Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.”
~ Harold Bloom ~
Motherhood and Reading
When I was younger (aka unmarried and childless), I read all of the time. I could read a novel in two days and then pick up another one. However, with the arrival of a home and children; my free time has dwindled over the years. My youngest daughter, who is now two, and I have started [...]
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