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.
Summary:
"An exploration and manifesto investigating the power of reading--and our potential to become radically better readers in the world"-- Provided by publisher.
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