Zadie Smith on the distinction between reading like you passively watch TV and reading like you actively interprete a musical piece at the piano. "When you practice reading, and you work at a text, it can only give you what you put into it."
Zadie Smith on the distinction between reading like you passively watch TV and reading like you actively interprete a musical piece at the piano. "When you practice reading, and you work at a text, it can only give you what you put into it."
This entry was published on November 10, 2006 at 05:10 pm.
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