p.s. Since everyone's talking about reading the classics or whether we should, there's was an innovative project in the 1980s. Young artist/teacher Tim Rollins would read the books aloud to "at risk" South Bronx kids, who drew while listening, and then they made more art together.
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. . . haven't stopped reading since
Amerika the Stoker
1993-94 https://www.pamm.org/en/artwork/2018.011
She still gets letters from former inmates whose lives were changed by specific plays.
I still have a soft spot for classic French (and Russian, sorry) authors. Dumas will always be my favourite.
All reading, art, engagement is good.
By the end, I couldn’t do it anymore.
To me, denigrating the classics is like slapping heirloom china out of grandma's hand. This stuff defined somebody's life, if not a lot of somebodies.
And we should do it because one day *we* will want to do the same. It's a cultural Social Security, a trust.
We're interested in the stories that remain after our death. We want a say. This is how.