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AWESOME Essay "NOT Reading Lolita in Charlottesville"

ESSAY- Book time: Not Reading Lolita in Charlottesville

by RANDY SALZMAN, published March 20, 2008

Young and old, black and white, 29 adults stare aimlessly in Charlottesville's juvenile court waiting room. Two infants sleep in parent's laps, and two toddlers suck their thumbs.

I put down my book-- Reading Lolita in Tehran-- and walk across to the courtroom. In front, the harried… Continue

Added by Beth Fehlbaum, author of Courage in Patience on March 20, 2008 at 3:51pm — No Comments

Book Comfort Zones?

I found this on a blog called, I kid you not, http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/. What follows is the question posed. Your comments are welcome; my response to it is below.



Do we all have reading comfort zones, I wonder - that is genres or specific types of authors or periods or subjects within which we like to stay, knowing that our reading experience in that chosen sphere will most probably be a pleasurable one? Or do we read much more freely, never saying "I don't touch science… Continue

Added by Beth Fehlbaum, author of Courage in Patience on March 6, 2008 at 4:02pm — No Comments

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