The Lost Art Of Reading Books And Resistance In A Troubled Time By

Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network Shirts, totes, socks, and more for book lovers An online magazine for today’s home cook David L.

Ulin The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time (Sasquatch Books, September 2018) “Reading is a revolutionary act” as Ulin writes in this compelling series of essays about why books and stories are the most effective way to crack open the universe and communicate. In his original enormously popular essay from 2010, Ulin dissected the impact of digital technology on modern culture and the difficulty of ignoring the siren call of Twitter and email, smart phones and Instagram. In these new essays, he writes about our pulled apart culture and how it is important to find a narrative that speaks to hope rather than fear. A blend of memoir and criticism, he writes about the collapse of a communal narrative and why making room for silence and stillness in our 24/7 world is crucial. He celebrates the joys of a life of reading and why art and reading provide the best version of shared experience and is a form of revolt in these dangerous times.

Like Rebecca Solnit’s Hope in the Dark or Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny, The Lost Art of Reading is about resistance, right now. “I was electrified by his celebration of narrative and startling insights.” —Joe Hill, author of The Fireman “Ulin has found a powerful and instructive form of resistance in his lifelong love of books…. A necessary and deeply human read.” —Claire Dederer, author of Love and Trouble Reading is a revolutionary act, an act of engagement in a culture that wants us to disengage. In The Lost Art of Reading, David L.

Ulin asks a number of timely questions – why is literature important? What does it offer, especially now? Blending commentary with memoir, Ulin addresses the importance of the simple act of reading in an increasingly digital culture. Reading a book, flipping through hard pages, or shuffling them on screen – it doesn’t matter. The key is the act of reading, and it’s seriousness and depth. Ulin emphasizes the importance of reflection and pause allowed by stopping to read a book, and the accompanying focus required to let the mind run free in a world that is not one’s own.

Are we willing to risk our collective interest in contemplation, nuanced thinking, and empathy? Far from preaching to the choir, The Lost Art of Reading is a call to arms, or rather, to pages. There is currently no bio information for this author. I am a reader who, during a few anxiety-driven years, found myself caught up in a dizzying attempt to be connected and “in the know”, leaving very little time for reflection. I believe that Ulin is speaking to that kind of reader. His essay is an exhortation to inspire the distracted reader to remember what they once knew, as opposed to an argument to convert the resistant to a reading life.—The Everything of Books

Based in Seattle for more than 30 years, Sasquatch Books, together with our children’s imprint Little Bigfoot, publish books by the most gifted writers, artists, chefs, naturalists, and thought leaders in the Pacific Northwest... audio of discussion with author https://www.ciispod.com/view-more-1#/david-ulin/ The former LA Times book critic expands his short book, rich in ideas, on the consequence of reading to include the considerations of fake news, siloed information, and the connections between critical thinking as... 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... Copy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?

People Also Search

• The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time
• The Lost Art of Reading by David L. Ulin: 9781632171948 ...
• The Lost Art of Reading - Penguin Random House Higher Education
• The Lost Art of Reading - Sasquatch Books
• The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time ...