John Miedema

Poster Presentation: Voluntary Slow Reading

27 March 2008 3 Comments

Voluntary Slow Reading Poster

I have been doing research this term on Voluntary Slow Reading (VSR). On Saturday, March 29, I will be presenting my preliminary results via a poster session at the Western Research Forum. As part of that presentation, I am providing the draft results document here:

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My next step will be a bibliographic essay to be submitted to an academic journal.

I welcome any comments you may have.

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Peter said:

I was interested in what you had to say about Prose’s Reading Like a Writer, which I finished (and kind of reviewed) in January. (I read your comments about it under the headings of two of your other references, too.) I love your idea that prisons and vacations make for good, close reading. Both limit the number of books one can enjoy, and neither (in theory) would distract too much from reading or would pressure one to read for information only.

# 31 March 2008 at 7:46 pm

John (author) said:

Hi Peter, I have walked through your site many times over the past while. We have very similar interests in reading. I estimate you to be the slower reader (and you know I mean that as a compliment) and the more thoughtful writer. Your site references several of the works I am using in my work-in-progress summarizing material on slow reading. A draft will be ready soon, and I plan to post it as a blog series. Hopefully, I will have a few new titles to interest you. (Note: the reference to prisons and vacations comes from “How to Read a Novel” by John Sutherland; highly recommended).

# 31 March 2008 at 8:31 pm

Peter said:

Oh, it sounds like a treasure trove. A blog series sounds like a good idea.

# 31 March 2008 at 8:58 pm