tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937068745911425792.post9181311152692971347..comments2023-10-10T05:08:40.264-05:00Comments on <center>Office of Scholarly Publications<br> at Georgetown University</center>: Reading to earn freedomcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14571653138475644227noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937068745911425792.post-22977583200899703502009-03-14T17:18:00.000-05:002009-03-14T17:18:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, this article presents a very reduct...Unfortunately, this article presents a very reductive view of Changing Lives Through Literature. Harvard professor Leah Price’s one day in a CLTL classroom presents a very limited, academic view of this 18 year old program. Price presents reading as punishment, rather than as a thought provoking agent for change, calling a book a “literary ankle bracelet”. Yet CLTL works because books transport readers and lead to soaring, life altering discussions about agency, society, anger, love, and change. CLTL works because narratives open the human heart. Price doesn’t mention that she attended the first of a twelve-week CLTL session. No doubt she would have walked into a very different classroom, with very different students at week 6 or week 7. <BR/>Price flippantly connects the CLTL program to a book club, rehab, imprisonment, or, somewhat mockingly, to a Sunday school class. But Dr Price really misses the richness and complexity of what goes on in a CLTL classroom. Dr Price is writing from the perspective of expert, when she actually has a lot to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937068745911425792.post-10089510894281504492009-02-28T17:07:00.000-05:002009-02-28T17:07:00.000-05:00To learn more about the CLTL program, check out th...To learn more about the CLTL program, check out the website (cltl.umassd.edu) and the blog at cltl.umassd.edu/blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com