Instead, she’s asking us to investigate how and why we read: to pay attention to what information we’re ingesting and how we’ve been taught to interact with it. “They’re a waypoint … one of the places we go to help us to become readers in the world.” Ultimately, she says, “I’m not just talking about how to read books now I’m talking about how to read our world now.”Ĭastillo, in other words, isn’t merely interested in preaching to the choir that reading is important. “Books, as world-encompassing as they are, aren’t a destination,” she argues. She’s writing not just for “the type of people who read books and attend literary festivals,” she hopes. In that author’s note, Castillo gives an overview of her intended audience. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.Įlaine Castillo’s “ How to Read Now” begins with a section called “Author’s Note, or a Virgo Clarifies Things.” The title is a neat encapsulation of the book’s style: rigorous but still chatty, intellectual but not precious or academic about it.
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