Daily Archives: May 4, 2009

Getting to Wonderland
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Independent childhood reading seems to continue and elaborate upon the process of imaginative projection initiated through listening. It is, beautifully and openly, a voluntary participation in an ulterior scheme of reality. We might almost call it pure escape, except that getting away is probably less important than getting to… (Sven Birkerts, The Gutenberg Elegies) It’s … Continue reading

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