Wonderbringers Newsletter with Monica Parker
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Hello, Wonderseekers,
It’s National Book Month and this week is Banned Books Week, so it is a great time to consider what books mean to us. Books have been under assault lately. First, there is the recent news that 183,000 books that were used to train AI. While no 2023 books were included, so my work is safe today, it’s only a matter of time before all books become fodder for AI training. I long for the days when a book written by a machine was only the realm of science fiction. And book bans have also become rife in the United States and include some of my favorite books as a child. Bridge to Tarabithia? Beloved? Nickle and Dimed? To Kill a Mockingbird? These books changed me. And maybe that’s why they’ve been banned. Stories have power. More below.
Some wonderbringers for me this week:
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Cicero
How Stories Connect And Persuade Us: Unleashing The Brain Power Of Narrative
Reflections on being an author: Octavia Butler’s Advice on Writing.
Curiosity and reading: bell hooks on nosiness.
Later this month I’m proud to be speaking at a private event in New York City in support of PEN America. They could really use your help to defend free expression and keep all books accessible. And for my American readers, here’s an opportunity to win a banned book in a sweepstakes from my publisher Penguin Random House. Good luck!
With wonder,
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