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 Comments (0)Kathy Moran, former Literary Reflections Editor, has two grown boys and three granddaughters. A retired secondary language arts teacher and literary magazine adviser, Kathy currently works as a teacher consultant for the Greater Kansas City Writing Project and editor of their newsletter Composing Ourselves. Kathy's reflections can be found at Marmee's Corner. More from Kathy Moran Literary Reflections Archives
Writing Prompt: Getting Books
January 6, 2008
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In "Getting Books," Amy Hassinger watches her children's growing interest in books and reflects on how books have influenced her life. While her seven-month-old son is just discovering the delight of seeing images on a page and chewing on books' corners, her five-year-old daughter is "tasting their ideas, swallowing and digesting their stories. She's getting books now, what a multiplicity they represent, what beauty and joy and understanding and peace they offer, and also what violence and what unutterable sadness. Already, books are a crucial part of her becoming; already, they are rearranging her reality, word by word."
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