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beth_shulman ([personal profile] beth_shulman) wrote2012-09-04 07:51 pm

Megan Whalen Turner

I find that reading old books is a little like traveling in time. I sometimes pick up a little history in my fiction, but I also learn how our view of that history has changed over the years, and when I see prejudices in older books, I am reminded to try to keep a closer eye on my own.