Order the book through your local bookstore, online, or check your local library for digital and physical loans.
Context Links
Elaine Castillo in conversation with Roxane Gay (YouTube Video Recording)
Review: Who is this writing for? On Elaine Castillo’s “How to Read Now (Los Angeles Review of Books)
Elaine Castillo: How to Read Now (Between the Covers Podcast)
Elaine Castillo’s nonfiction debut is required reading for book lovers (Bookpage)
Questions
What type of reader are you? Would you consider yourself to be a good reader? If not, what do you want to do differently to become a better reader?
What’s one way that you’ve changed as a reader over time?
On the cover of the book is a bomb; what points/reflections from Castillo did you find explosive?
Castillo discusses how narratives around land require deeper reading. How does this show up in your town?
How does your reading practice differ or act similar between mediums (books, TV, movies, podcasts, etc)?
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