TONIGHT: ATTORNEY JON FLEISCHAKER, presented by the Media Law Resources Center Institute, the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and Destinations Booksellers.Following the same link, Randy "Bookseller" Smith considers whether a book can change a life.
TOPIC: Censorship and the First Amendment. 7 p.m. at Destinations Booksellers, 604 E. Spring St., New Albany, Indiana.
I do come down on the side that asserts that a book can change a life. Sometimes explaining it is so simple as to be unnecessary, but most of the time it requires a story.My answer is yes, and perhaps a series of books can do the trick, as with the set of circa-1960 issue Compton's Encyclopedia, which my parents purchased around the time I was born during the same year.
These books are among my earliest memories. I looked at the photos and illustrations, and almost surely -- to some extent -- taught myself to read by doing so. That's a life-changer in itself, but the sensation goes further. The photos that made the biggest impression were the ones of other countries and places, which led to a strong urge to read so as to learn more about them. Later I was able to visit some of these places. Some day, maybe others.
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