Mark Edmundson is NEH/Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Virginia. A prizewinning scholar, he is the author of several book, including the widely praised memoir, Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference.. He has written for the New Republic, the New York Times Magazine, the Nation, and Harper's, where he is a contributing editor.
""Why Read? "makes passionate arguments for literature's
soul-making potential."
""Why Read?" is an encomium to literature and reading, a passionate
argument...Edmundson is dead on target."
"Thoughtful...striking...Edmundson lobbies for demonstrating
literature's importance by teaching it through asking big,
risk-taking philosophical questions."
""Why Read? "makes passionate arguments for literature's
soul-making potential."
""Why Read?" is an encomium to literature and reading, a passionate
argument...Edmundson is dead on target."
"Thoughtful...striking...Edmundson lobbies for demonstrating
literature's importance by teaching it through asking big,
risk-taking philosophical questions."
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