"But books, when they're good, don't live in these public arenas. They exist in a far more intimate space, between one reader and his imagination as he's turning the pages. If books are "socially engineered", they're propaganda, and readers can smell that from across the library.
I do, however, agree with the one critic that books can hurt. They can break you right open, reflect your own losses, and sometimes bring you into a broader plain of understanding." Chris Beam (author of I am J).
Full article on The Guardian
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