The new introduction and afterword bring fresh relevance to this insightful rumination on the act of reading--as a path to critical thinking, individual and political identity, civic engagement, and resistance.
Former LA Times book critic David Ulin expands his short book The Lost Art of Reading, rich in ideas, on the consequence of reading to include the considerations of fake news, siloed information, and the connections between critical thinking as the key component of engaged citizenship and resistance. Here is the case for reading as a political act in both public and private gestures, and for the ways it enlarges the world and our frames of reference, all the while keeping us engaged.
Better Than the Movie 14: THE GREEN KNIGHT / SIR GAWAIN AND... w/ Conor Holt
Better Than the Movie 13: MONEYBALL w/ Michael Chin
Better Than the Movie 12: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY w/ Emily VanKoughnett
SKYLIT: Tommy Orange, WANDERING STARS
SKYLIT: Eric Wolfson, FIFTY YEARS OF THE CONCEPT ALBUM IN POPULAR MUSIC
SKYLIT: Will Harris, SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS
Better Than the Movie 11: NIGHTBREED / CABAL w/ Garon Cockrell
Better Than the Movie, Ep. 10: THE THIN MAN w/ Jen Johans
SKYLIT: Rosecrans Baldwin, EVERYTHING NOW
SKYLIT: Kliph Nesteroff, OUTRAGEOUS: A HISTORY OF SHOWBIZ & THE CULTURE WARS
SKYLIT: Charles Bramesco, COLORS OF FILM: THE STORY OF CINEMA IN 50 PALETTES
Better Than the Movie, Ep. 9: PRISCILLA / ELVIS AND ME w/ Collin Jonkman
Better Than the Movie, Ep. 8: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON w/ David Kimbel
Better Than the Movie Halloween Special: GOOSEBUMPS
SKYLIT: James Park, CHILI CRISP
Better Than the Movie, Ep. 7: A HAUNTING IN VENICE / HALLOWE’EN PARTY w/ Natalie Freeman and Allison Smith
Better Than the Movie, Ep. 6: MISERY w/ Mark Rennie
SKYLIT: Elliott Kalan, MANIAC OF NEW YORK
SKYLIT: Warren Zanes, DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
Better Than the Movie, Ep. 5: JAWS w/ Kristen Lopez
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