Rereading Old Favorite Books

Do they hold up?

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My husband and I are on a reading-aloud kick in the evenings lately. We’ve done this periodically in the past; we both enjoy ‘performative reading’ (which is a good thing, as we’re both writers who periodically get invited to do so), as well as being read to. He often reads my articles to me, after I’ve published them. It’s a good way to hear how a piece of writing is perceived and…