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Reading Conrad With Convicts: Leading A Book Club In A Maximum-Security Prison

WORDS Posted: June 28, 2016 5:00 am

“I’ve always believed that, to remain open to the surprises and contingencies offered by literature, you have to value ignorance more than self-confidence. … The prisoners, however, see my openness as wishy-washy. If this is what you get from literature, they tell me, maybe it’s better to leave it alone. Who wants to be uncertain and indecisive? At least they know where they stand. That may very well be true, I reply, but look where it’s got you.”

WORDS Published: 06.26.16

Read the story in Salon Published: 06.26.16

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