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17. all 3 points are true

Reply to JHB (Reply #16)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 01:40 PM

Jan 2012

the piece is timely because it is an example of uncommon incisive writing, less common in commodified times, which she is commenting on.

(the replies here some seem bent on picking apart rather than A Good Read )

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Staying awake: Notes on the alleged decline of reading By Ursula K. Le Guin [View all] getdown Jan 2012 OP

Thank you for posting this article by one of my favorite authors. classof56 Jan 2012 #1

you're welcome! getdown Jan 2012 #2

well, she's factually wrong on the cow corn. provis99 Jan 2012 #3

she didn't say they can't eat corn getdown Jan 2012 #5

Cows digest corn. provis99 Jan 2012 #10

Have you read the Pollan book? getdown Jan 2012 #11

cows are designed to eat grass eilen Jan 2012 #18

bookmarked for later Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #4

good read! getdown Jan 2012 #6

IMO Most "popular" novels are formulaic garbage. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #7

yeah, have you read LeGuin? getdown Jan 2012 #8

Yup. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #9

LOVE Ursula. Thanks! nt Fire Walk With Me Jan 2012 #12

Yes! getdown Jan 2012 #15

I do find it curious that she entirely exboyfil Jan 2012 #13

"skipped over"? getdown Jan 2012 #14

4 years old, but so what? Still well worth reading... JHB Jan 2012 #16

all 3 points are true getdown Jan 2012 #17