Reading Experience

The function of a

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience. Douglas Rushkoff

Exposing students to lots of books and positive reading experiences while building a network of other readers who support each other provides students with tools that last beyond the classroom setting. Donalyn Miller

I’m not entirely sure

I’m not entirely sure what a historical novel absolutely has to be, but you don’t want a reader who loves a very traditional historical novel to go in with the expectation that this is going to deliver the same kind of reading experience. I think what’s contemporary about my book has something to do with … Read more

Some people read off

Some people read off of their Palms and Pocket PCs, but the real immersible reading experience takes a full-screen device. Bill Gates

I emphasize the distinction

I emphasize the distinction between brackets and no brackets because it will affect your reading experience, if you will allow it. Brackets are exciting. Even though you are approaching Sappho in translation, that is no reason you should miss the drama of trying to read a papyrus torn in half or riddled with holes or … Read more

I like when a

I like when a poem ends on its receipts, meaning it gives me something tactile or tangible to dwell on as I exit the reading experience. So I strive to end my own poems that way as well. Allison Joseph

To read is to

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.
A.C. Grayling