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How to Read Now: Essays by Elaine Castillo

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mylynn's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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heather_koshiol's review against another edition

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Will return to this when work is less stressful and when I the right level of attention to devote.

alicia_ann_reads's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I listened to this via audiobook read by the narrator and I found it easy to read.

I appreciated delving into different works to read them differently than most western white people do, but I do think I would have got much more out of this book had I actually read or had more knowledge about the particular books and works she was referencing; as I did not.. it was mediocre for me.

I will however take the opportunity to widen my lens when reading books so for that it was great.

tayend_x's review against another edition

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challenging informative

4.0

lsmarenghi's review against another edition

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informative

5.0

saratonin_stories's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

5.0

Castillo put into words feelings and thoughts I’ve been trying to articulate about frameworks of understanding books that de-centers identities with privilege and power. While adding knowledge, perspective, and furthering understanding about why it’s important we work to do this and what we gain by prioritizing re-learning how we read.