{"product_id":"why-read-paperback","title":"Why Read? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Edmundson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-A PSLA Young Adult Top 40 (or so) non-fiction title 2004 \u003cbr\u003eIn this important book, acclaimed author Mark Edmundson reconceives the value and promise of reading. He enjoins educators to stop offering up literature as facile entertainment and instead teach students to read in a way that can change their lives for the better. At once controversial and inspiring, this is a groundbreaking book written with the elegance and power to change the way we teach and read. \u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhy Read?\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003eEdmundson is dead on target.-\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eBook World Edmundson's an engaging teacher, earnest, knowledgeable, witty.-\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eWhy Read? makes passionate arguments for literature's soul-making potential.-\u003ci\u003eRaleigh News and Observer \u003c\/i\u003eAn engaging blend of social criticism, self-improvement wisdom, and appeal to fellow humanities professors...Edmundson writes with a rare combination of force and humility.-\u003ci\u003eWillamette Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMark Edmundson is NEH\/Daniels Family Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Virginia. A prizewinning scholar, he is the author of Literature Against Philosophy, Plato to Derrida, and the widely praised memoir, \u003ci\u003eTeacher: The One Who Made the Difference\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is a contributing editor. Featured on Brian Lamb's final Booknotes \u003cbr\u003eAlso available: HC 1-58234-425-6 ISBN 13: 978-158234-425- $21.95\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Edmundson\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eTeacher: The One Who Made the Difference..\u003c\/i\u003e He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is a contributing editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.02 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701228015679,"sku":"9781582346083","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/13d062d7c681c2a2e35aea52bb8dd866.webp?v=1765019827","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/why-read-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}