The essays in “How to Read Now” raise serious concerns about interpretation, inheritance and human understanding.
“White supremacy makes for terrible readers, writes Elaine Castillo in her essay collection "How to Read Now." The sentence, like the title of the book, is both a dig and a dare that blossoms into an urgent plea: "We need to change how we read." For Castillo, who was born in California to Filipino immigrants, this "we" is "generally American"; her book is aimed at the underprivileged groups who make up a sizable portion of the United States.
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