One of my favorite reading quotes is by a relatively obscure Eastern
European writer Bruno Schulz:
"Besides, any true reader - and this story is only addressed to him -
will understand me anyway when I look him straight in the eye and try to
communicate my meaning. A short sharp look or a light clasp of his hand
will stir him into awareness, and he will blink in rapture at the
brilliance of The Book. For, under the imaginary table that separates
me from my readers, don't we secretly clasp each other's hands?"
Sanatarium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Schulz (1892-1942) was Polish Jew living in the city of
Drohobycz (now Ukraine). I admire his work a great deal. He really
should be as well known as Kafka. There was a recent play in NYC based
on his work. He was shot outside his apartment by a German officer
during the Second World War.
Ed Nizalowski, SMS
Newark Valley High School
Newark Valley, NY
enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org
"Unfortunately, the owner of the business where I worked told us
that it is America who asks us to enslave the children. American people
like the cheap carpets, the rugs, the towels that we make. So they want
bonded labor to go on. I appeal to you that you stop people from using
children as bonded laborers because the children need to use a pen
rather than the instruments of child labor."
Iqbal Masih, Reebok Youth in Action Award acceptance speech, December 7,
1994
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