How to Read Now
Order the book through your local bookstore, online, or check your local library for digital and physical loans.
Context Links
- Elaine Castillo in conversation with Roxane Gay (YouTube Video Recording)
- Review: Who is this writing for? On Elaine Castillo’s “How to Read Now (Los Angeles Review of Books)
- Elaine Castillo: How to Read Now (Between the Covers Podcast)
- Elaine Castillo’s nonfiction debut is required reading for book lovers (Bookpage)
Guiding Questions
- What type of reader are you? Would you consider yourself to be a good reader? If not, what do you want to do differently to become a better reader?
- What’s one way that you’ve changed as a reader over time?
- On the cover of the book is a bomb; what points/reflections from Castillo did you find explosive?
- Castillo discusses how narratives around land require deeper reading. How does this show up in your town?
- How does your reading practice differ or act similar between mediums (books, TV, movies, podcasts, etc)?