10 Writers on the Magic of Reading

[@Billy-Box]

Good point by Siri Hustvedt.

[@sondraturnbull]

Beautiful.

[@ImadeIyamu]

this was an excellent video

[@Subahan_R]

Thank you

[@ellieericsson5115]

i edged to this 🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣

[@brandonpeniuk]

Encouraging.

[@fernandacardoso3732]

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[@insanityislinked]

where are my siblings of color?

[@edwardblaire5101]

A simple but significant and noble question/concern, yet beautifully phrased in 6 words. LOL I don't know why it stirred me, but yes where are the just as valuable input and insight of our siblings of color? I'm 100% sure it wasn't the creator's intention to deliberately not invite them over to 'play' but it still manifested our unconscious and subconscious 'conditioning' from external influences, so much so that not 1 excellent or gifted writer of color highly regarded as to be a salient enough name on their mind and make their queue of favorites/the invited? Not one? If there was she or he would've certainly been on it. Once again I don't believe such a glaring omission was deliberate, but it certainly calls for some self-appraisals, as to why not one non-white highly regarded writer even registered on their radar. But I'll be brutally honest I rather an all white cast with that omission, than a program or production installing a person of color just to affect diversity or fill a quota. They should be invited on merit like everyone else should too, and more attention and merited acknowledgement needs to be focus 'there'.

[@ompiba]

Edward Blaire it was an insightful comment but there are lots of talented writers of color so merit would not be an issue. I'm thinking about Junot Diaz, Edwige Danticat, Zadie Smith And of course Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for the New generation. No need to mention Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison or Wole Soyinka... Also Aminata Sow Fall, Maryse Condé, Dany Laferriere, Emmanuel Dongala, Patrick Chamoiseau are powerful contemporary French speaking writers...Check them out if you don't know them

[@edwardblaire5101]

Maryse Matoko I have! French, Spanish and Italian authors I put forth effort towards reading them in its native lang. I'm intermediate level in some and proficient in others. Takes longer but so much more worth it. Russian and German I have to stick with the translation. BTW the first list of authors you mentioned was brilliant with a couple being favs if mine. The Second list is of authors excellent as well but obscure to the average and even some above average readers. Diversification in one's own literature pallet is essential, like Haruki Murakami wisely said " You should always discover new authors from all over the world. Because if you read what EVERYONE else is reading, you will think like everyone else thinks." (paraphrased)