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What Each of Us Brings to a Text (opens the original)
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The subject is not new, but this idea captured me again for hours after finishing Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky, a novel of ingenuity, historical moments, social/cultural shifts, philosophy, a most unique narrative point of view, and so much more. Because I could not seem to close Shafak’s book for good, I thought about what readers bring to the printed word on a page (or computer screen).I often read quickly and have read lengthy texts in a matter of hours or a single day. Yes, I re
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