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The Power of Imagination Against Oppression
Why do we read literature? No, really, why? Good literature goes beyond entertainment—it reaches down into the core of us and jerks us back into the heart of the world, into the heart of humanity, into the whirling depths of the human soul. That is what we need to remember. Azar Nafisi, author of Reading […] Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Azar Nafisi, books, C.S. Lewis, empathy, imagination, Iran, Life, Literature, Reading Lolita in Tehran, Short story, story
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