Read OnI.Think ah reading as an adventure& process of voyaging with words Consider it as an exploration & way of listening to voices unheard Regard reading as communion & chance ta meet persons you'd never see it is a soul-stretching sentence-transcending process of conversing with other beings II.Readers should wrestle with textsrather than blindly accepting what appears in print Don't be afraid ta challenge authors or worry about seeming like an imp Between the extremes of doubt & faith text can transmute mysteriously as ideas take shape. III.To engage texts be persistent,yet also willing to wait. It often takes time to commune with characters & to digest ideas well, dine slowly. Think of texts as morsels rather than complete buffets: printed pages can offer tantalizing tidbits, but reality is wider than any page. At the end of any excellent literary feast, you should feel partly fulfilled yet also curious about more & a tingling intrigue. |