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"Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion
for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I
looked around at the crowd on their way to panels or checking out indie press
booths, I was reminded that, even if it doesn’t always seem apparent from
looking at news headlines, there are many, many of us out there: people who
care about books and culture and their community in general.
The previous weekend I had gone to Cleveland to give a talk about literary
citizenship. It’s an amorphous kind of concept, often changing with the moment,
but needed more than ever today when corporate interests have a stranglehold
on the arts, literary institutions are being devastated by the cancellation of
NEA grants, and the freedom to read is under attack. As people who care, and if
you’ve read this far I suspect you care, I figured we could all use a refresher
on how to be a good literary citizen. Below you’ll find my top seven tips on
how you can help make a difference."
Via Muse.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
