Maybe it’s just interesting timing, or synchronicity, or maybe it’s because we tend to see the things we’re looking for, but I’ve come across two sources in the last few days that take up the question “why learn this?” in relation to writing and literature.The first is Sheridan Blau’s The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and [...]

A problem that I’m working on, and want to remind myself to continue solving. Also, probably a problem that I will continue to work on for most (or all) of my life. Why should people learn anything beyond that which is required for survival? And specifically, why should anyone learn whatever it [...]