Reading in Public

Reading in Public No 89: My favorite literary endeavors of the year, so far

And what they taught me about the how's and why's of my reading life

Nov 5 •

Reading in Public No. 88: Maintaining reading satisfaction through the year-end hullabaloo

Mental shifts and reading tricks for avoiding the annual overwhelm

Oct 29 •

Reading in Public No. 87: The promise and perils of tracking our reading lives

And what would happen if we just let it all go?

Oct 22 •

POSSESSION Chapters 22-Postscript: "the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other"

In which we readers come to possess Possession

Oct 10 •

Reading in Public No. 86: Reflections on criticism in a monocultural moment

Next to no thoughts on Taylor, lots of thoughts on book criticism

Oct 8 •

Reading in Public No. 85: Treat yourself to a literary festival

Because we readers need each other now more than ever

Oct 3 •

POSSESSION Chapters 18-21: "All scholars are a bit mad. All obsessions are dangerous."

Byatt's masterful pacing as our heroes' quest intensifies

Oct 1 •

POSSESSION Chapters 12-17: "There must be truths people can't fight"

Ideological contexts for Possession and the strength of Christabel LaMotte

Sep 24 •

Reading in Public No. 84: Teaching Literature in a Changing Classroom

Why balancing classics with modern works may be the key to creating lifelong readers

Sep 19 •

POSSESSION Chapters 7-11: "A receptive and a Thoughtful reading you are assured of"

Balancing attention and momentum in a novel of ideas

Sep 17 •

POSSESSION Chapters 4-6: "I feel faint with curiosity"

Wanting and having, the desire for knowledge, and communing with the dead

Sep 10 •

Reading in Public No. 83: How and why to reread a book

On the benefit of revisiting books even when there's so much to read

Sep 5 •

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