on reading & literature
I don’t know where this idea came from that students don’t want to read, that the “public” can’t engage with intellectually challenging material, and that the people who produce and teach and disseminate culture—professors, writers, curators, &c—need to dumb it down for people. Nothing seems more condescending to me. So I really appreciate @BDM’s... See more
Celine Nguyensubstack.combarely a vlog and a list of reading habits i think are really cool
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youtube.comSophie Burns on TikTok
vm.tiktok.comMy notebook ecosystem as a book nerd!
youtube.comPeople who read books on the tube
youtube.comon reading slower intentionally
“Learn to divine books,” Emerson once advised a friend, “to feel those that you want without wasting much time. Remember you must know only the excellent of all that has been presented. But often a chapter is enough. The glance reveals what the gaze obscures...You only read to start your own team.”