How to read now : essays
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[New York] : Viking, [2022].
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340 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
[New York] : Viking, [2022].
Format
Book
Street Date
2207.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340).
Description
"How to Read Now explores the politics and ethics of reading, and insists that we are capable of something better: a more engaged relationship not just with our fiction and our art, but with our buried and entangled histories. Smart, funny, galvanizing, and sometimes profane, Castillo attacks the stale questions and less- than-critical proclamations that masquerade as vital discussion: reimagining the cartography of the classics, building a moral case against the settler colonialism of lauded writers like Joan Didion, taking aim at Nobel Prize winners and toppling indie filmmakers, and celebrating glorious moments in everything from popular TV like The Watchmen to the films of Wong Kar-wai and the work of contemporary poets like Tommy Pico. At once a deeply personal and searching history of one woman's reading life, and a wide-ranging and urgent intervention into our globalized conversations about why reading matters today, How to Read Now empowers us to embrace a more complicated, embodied form of reading, inviting us to acknowledge complicated truths, ignite surprising connections, imagine a more daring solidarity, and create space for a riskier intimacy--within ourselves, and with each other."-- ,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Castillo, E. (2022). How to read now: essays . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Castillo, Elaine. 2022. How to Read Now: Essays. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Castillo, Elaine. How to Read Now: Essays Viking, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Castillo, Elaine. How to Read Now: Essays Viking, 2022.
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