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From: Angie Miles <readingam_at_prodigy.net>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 05:29:30 -0700 (PDT)
Sorry... just correcting a mis-type in my previous post... meant to say
Yes. There can be great wealth among those considered poor... just like there can be devastating poverty among those counted as wealthy. and adding quickly...
Non-fiction has absolutely been potent in expressing themes of poverty. As a child growing in up a cash-strapped, rural family, biographies were gl orious to me. I remember being inspired by Annie Oakley, in particular. Anyone who deals triumphantly with any challenge provides a road map fo r the rest of us. Biographies are like gold.
Biographies don't stand alone as powerful among non-fiction works. When Jacob Riis shocked the world with How The Other Half Lives, a new kind of a wakening was set in motion. We see this kind of bravery in print now any time anyone with a conscience strives to tell the stories of those who rema in voiceless but deserve to be seen and heard. So non-fiction, including journalistic endeavors, are quite valuable in helping to illuminate who we are as human beings... the haves, the have-nots, and the who-cares.
Angie Miles www.happyreading.org
Received on Fri 13 May 2011 05:29:30 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 05:29:30 -0700 (PDT)
Sorry... just correcting a mis-type in my previous post... meant to say
Yes. There can be great wealth among those considered poor... just like there can be devastating poverty among those counted as wealthy. and adding quickly...
Non-fiction has absolutely been potent in expressing themes of poverty. As a child growing in up a cash-strapped, rural family, biographies were gl orious to me. I remember being inspired by Annie Oakley, in particular. Anyone who deals triumphantly with any challenge provides a road map fo r the rest of us. Biographies are like gold.
Biographies don't stand alone as powerful among non-fiction works. When Jacob Riis shocked the world with How The Other Half Lives, a new kind of a wakening was set in motion. We see this kind of bravery in print now any time anyone with a conscience strives to tell the stories of those who rema in voiceless but deserve to be seen and heard. So non-fiction, including journalistic endeavors, are quite valuable in helping to illuminate who we are as human beings... the haves, the have-nots, and the who-cares.
Angie Miles www.happyreading.org
Received on Fri 13 May 2011 05:29:30 AM CDT
