http://www.contentious.com/2004/10/26/are-books-news-about-the-culture/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:08:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.contentious.com/2004/10/26/are-books-news-about-the-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 LadyLitBlitzin Sun, 07 Nov 2004 17:30:05 +0000 #comment-1324 Interesting. Along this school of thought, it makes sense for it to stand up to the test of time, though -- giving future generations an idea of what previous generations felt and thought about the issues that faced them. Lots of classic literature does just that. Interesting. Along this school of thought, it makes sense for it to stand up to the test of time, though — giving future generations an idea of what previous generations felt and thought about the issues that faced them. Lots of classic literature does just that.

]]> http://www.contentious.com/2004/10/26/are-books-news-about-the-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-897 Travis Swicegood Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:10:06 +0000 #comment-897 Amy, I pick up books all of the time that are 2, 3, sometimes 40 years or more away from their original release. I think you're idea of reviewing books based on their relevance to current topics and themes would be great. Sometimes books that are consider artifacts give a great deal of insight into where we are right now and what thoughts and ideologies brought us to this point. It's one thing to say the New Deal shaped the modern United States, it's another entirely to read what the contemporaries of the New Deal had to say about it and what they were thinking that inspired it into existence. Amy, I pick up books all of the time that are 2, 3, sometimes 40 years or more away from their original release. I think you’re idea of reviewing books based on their relevance to current topics and themes would be great. Sometimes books that are consider artifacts give a great deal of insight into where we are right now and what thoughts and ideologies brought us to this point. It’s one thing to say the New Deal shaped the modern United States, it’s another entirely to read what the contemporaries of the New Deal had to say about it and what they were thinking that inspired it into existence.

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