I was recently asked to read Jack London's, A Call of the Wild. The book was suggested to me because it had greatly influenced this acquaintance and they wanted me to read it as a way of understanding who they were and what had influenced their world outlook. Word to the wise: Do not ask people to read books who have literary backgrounds. I had never read this book, knew nothing about its plot nor much about the author. I downloaded the audio version as well as the kindle book, snuggled up in bed and began what I thought was going to be a story about hairy men wandering around in the woods: A Sasquatch hootenanny. Great literature withstands time because it can be re-read through the ages and analyzed over time taking into account new information about the author, the time it was written, and what it posits when analyzed by different ethnic studies, gender studies, historical studies, etc. Toni Morrison's, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, st...
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