Books Are Passports

A good book can take you places an airplane cannot

From the author’s library

“I have a passport to a far better age,
As close as the bookshelf, as near as a page” — William Schweikert, 1984

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You like to read, right?

Well of course you do. Otherwise, you wouldn’t subscribe to this little newsletter.

But have you ever stopped to ask yourself why you read?

As a child, it was to become a better reader—to learn the language and become more proficient at every field of study that requires reading (all of them, essentially). And, to put it more simply, you read to have fun.

As an older student, you’d read to become a better thinker, a better reasoner, and more well-informed on topics that interested you. Along with your reading assignments came a healthy dose of essay writing.

“Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.” — Annie Proulx

If you want to become a better writer (and thus, a better communicator), the secret is to practice by reading more. You’ll be ex…