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How to read now : essays / Elaine Castillo.

Castillo, Elaine, (author.). Castillo, Elaine. Reading teaches us empathy, and other fictions. (Added Author). Castillo, Elaine. Honor the treaty. (Added Author). Castillo, Elaine. Limits of white fantasy. (Added Author). Castillo, Elaine. Main character syndrome. (Added Author). Castillo, Elaine. "Reality is all we have to love." (Added Author). Castillo, Elaine. Autobiography in Asian film, or what we talk about when we talk about representation. (Added Author). Castillo, Elaine. Children of Polyphemus. (Added Author).

Summary:

"How to Read Now explores the politics and ethics of reading, and insists that we are capable of something better: a more engaged relationship not just with our fiction and our art, but with our buried and entangled histories. Smart, funny, galvanizing, and sometimes profane, Castillo attacks the stale questions and less-than-critical proclamations that masquerade as vital discussion: reimagining the cartography of the classics, building a moral case against the settler colonialism of lauded writers like Joan Didion, taking aim at Nobel Prize winners and toppling indie filmmakers, and celebrating glorious moments in everything from popular TV like The Watchmen to the films of Wong Kar-wai and the work of contemporary poets like Tommy Pico."

Record details

ISBN: 9780593489635
ISBN: 0593489632
Physical Description: 340 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: [New York] : Viking, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-340).
Formatted Contents Note:	Author's note, or a Virgo clarifies things -- How to read now -- Reading teaches us empathy, and other fictions -- Honor the treaty -- The limits of white fantasy -- Main character syndrome -- "Reality is all we have to love" -- Autobiography in Asian film, or what we talk about when we talk about representation -- The children of Polyphemus.