Written for lovers of literature interested in self-actualization, Literature: How to Read and Understand the World teaches readers how to derive principles of wisdom from literature and apply them to their lives. The book achieves this through a series of five essential steps, including identifying with literary characters, aggregating principles of wisdom from their experience,… Continue reading Engaged annotation (L:HtR/UtW)
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The balcony and the field (L:HtR/UtW)
Written for lovers of literature interested in self-actualization, Literature: How to Read and Understand the World teaches readers how to derive principles of wisdom from literature and apply them to their lives. The book achieves this through a series of five essential steps, including identifying with literary characters, aggregating principles of wisdom from their experience,… Continue reading The balcony and the field (L:HtR/UtW)
Literature: How to Read and Understand the World (Release Event)
Dear community, I have some very exciting news! If you’ve been following my blog since the beginning, you’ll remember my book, “Literature: How to Read and Understand the World.” It’s out! It’s available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and GoodReads through Balboa Press (links below). For a reminder, “Literature: How to Read and Understand the… Continue reading Literature: How to Read and Understand the World (Release Event)
Practical applications for teaching and studying literature as a means to understanding self and world
As anyone knows who’s been following this blog, I’ve created a method of teaching and studying literature that helps us to get out of an othering view toward a text’s characters, instead identify with them, and through this process, learn wisdom about ourselves and our lives which we can then put into practice by transforming… Continue reading Practical applications for teaching and studying literature as a means to understanding self and world
Summer course: June-July, 2019
Hi, all, below is the information for a course which I plan to host this summer. This course will take place in Madison, Wisconsin--though if you are situated elsewhere and interested in attending, I encourage you to contact me about Skyping or calling in. The course will likely take place during a weekday afternoon, for… Continue reading Summer course: June-July, 2019
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 