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Introduction: Practicing Reading, Reading Practice; Who We Are
- Suzanne Conklin Akbari (author)
Chapter of: How We Read: Tales, Fury, Nothing, Sound(pp. xiii–xxvii)
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| Title | Introduction |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Practicing Reading, Reading Practice; Who We Are |
| Contributor | Suzanne Conklin Akbari (author) |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/how-we-read-tales-fury-nothing-sound/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Akbari, Suzanne Conklin |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2019-07-18 |
| Long abstract | In some ways, this book stands on its own; in other ways, it’s a sequel — or, better, a companion — to How We Write: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blank Page (punctum, 2015). The two collections have parallel foci (how we write, how we read) that are at once deceptively simple and provocatively complex. As we learn to read, we sound out words; as we learn to write, we learn to shape letter forms and characters. But for many of us, the struggle to write — and, as we explore here, the struggle to read — never goes away, no matter how practiced we become. This is true, as many of the essays gathered below will relate, even for those who grew up as eager readers and who would instinctively say of themselves that they “love to read.” Both collections bring together thirteen essays into a multifaceted whole; neither purports to tell others how to write or how to read, but rather how we write, how we read: how we actively do it, in the real world, with success or failure, whether the experience feels dysfunctional or blissful. |
| Page range | pp. xiii–xxvii |
| Print length | 14 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
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