Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life

Title: Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life Author: Heather Cass White ISBN: 9780374115265 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Published: 2021 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. E 1683658 Publisher Description: The critic and scholar Heather Cass White offers an exploration of the nature of reading Heather Cass White's Books Promiscuously Read is about the pleasures of reading and its power in shaping our internal lives. It advocates for a life of constant, disorderly, time-consuming reading, and encourages readers to trust in the value of the exhilaration and fascination such reading entails. Rather than arguing for the moral value of reading or the preeminence of literature as an aesthetic form,