A Good, Green Book

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“I won’t read a book because I’m told it’s good for me. Reading is not therapeutic and it’s not like eating kale. Literature is slippery and defies pre-fabricated marketing. By definition it surprises and sometimes offends.”


—Patrick Kurp, writer and blogger, “‘Chekhov Had Really Written in Yiddish,’” Anecdotal Evidence, Jan. 19, 2018.


• Editorial Comment: And eating kale, while sometimes surprising and offensive, is not like reading.

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