Thursday, April 10, 2014

Look, listen - and read

After a busy day at work or at home, do you have the energy to hold a book and keep your eyes open at the same time? If we tend to regard reading with our eyes as the more serious and highbrow way to take in information (see second link below), what do we do if we are thirsting for some intellectual stimulation, but are just too tired to do anything about it?

Fortunately, a number of cultural critics are throwing the exhausted multitudes a lifeline: they insist that intellectual engagement is not entirely dependent on the perusal of literary tomes these days.

To wit:

The shows in our present "Golden Age" of TV may actually be our new novels

Audiobooks allow us to appreciate the role of story in contemporary fiction

Series fiction deserves some respect

So visit the library, grab a "new novel" on DVD, a compelling story in audio, even a print page-turner or two, and feel free to enjoy: it's brain food!

mhd