In Praise of Reading Aloud
August 27th, 2005 | Published in Books & Reading | 1 Comment
Many of us were read to as children, of course, and may now read to our own. But how often these days do adults read to one another? We are too busy, too wary perhaps of a pastime so decidedly of the past. But reading aloud lets you hear each others’ voices in a new way, and value afresh the power of the English language. At its best, it can conjure an enchanted circle.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9:08 am (#)
Reading Aloud
Claudia Rosett wrote in 2001:
So I write here in praise of a favorite practice of my own family: reading to each other aloud. Many of us were read to as children, of course, and may now read to our own. But how often these days do adults read to one …