Yes, you have to be trained to read
Last week’s Bookworm on radiostation KCRW had Jane Smiley discussing the merits of the novel.
Listen to a clip here [1.11 minute]
She’s right, of course. Movies are slow, television is slow. And since I am a trained journalist as well as a novel reader, especially news programs and shows on current affairs are boringly slow. Okay, sometimes one needs slow. But n o t a l l t h e f u c k i n g t i m e, p l e a s e.
[x]#1534 fan dinsdag 8 november 2005 @ 21:37:23