In my view, as a writer, lawyer, and former bookseller, there are no bad books*. Every book serves a purpose and should spark a conversation. The American Library Association has designated September 18-24, 2022 as National Banned Books Week. Learn more about challenges to books and advocacy from the ALA.
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“Schools provide safe spaces to talk about controversial issues, and literature presents characters portraying human experience in all its richness and contradictoriness. Reading is a way to take in the difficult situations and understand them.”
— novelist Julia Alvarez
* There are some badly written books, of course, but that’s a different thing altogether!
Your quotes are meaningful and wonderful. I really like this saying. Even as a student, I realized that school is like a miniature life, and it is like a time that gives us the opportunity to face and find a way to deal with difficulties and situations. in life. There is a quote that I want to share to inspire you this weekend: “Today is Saturday, which means that today I will be multi-slacking instead of multitasking”.
Thanks, Mimi! After two+ weeks away, and still feeling a bit jet-lagged, I think I’ll be “multi-napping”!