Relearning to read: Adventures in not-knowing
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Ann Morgan reflects on reading strategies that challenge the reader's instinct to 'get it right' and instead celebrate uncertainty, curiosity and encountering the unfamiliar.
Drawing on her own projects—most notably reading a book from every country—she argues for reading beyond comfortable algorithms and taste-based filters.
The book encourages confronting dislikes as meaningful engagement, modeling not-knowing in classrooms, and allowing texts to unsettle rather than be neatly decoded.
Morgan links these practices to deeper empathy and a broader cultural literacy that resists narrow reading habits.
Her approach is both practical and philosophical, urging readers to expand their literary horizons and accept ambiguity as part of the reading experience.
Drawing on her own projects—most notably reading a book from every country—she argues for reading beyond comfortable algorithms and taste-based filters.
The book encourages confronting dislikes as meaningful engagement, modeling not-knowing in classrooms, and allowing texts to unsettle rather than be neatly decoded.
Morgan links these practices to deeper empathy and a broader cultural literacy that resists narrow reading habits.
Her approach is both practical and philosophical, urging readers to expand their literary horizons and accept ambiguity as part of the reading experience.
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