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Isaac Butler
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Isaac Butler

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Cultural historian and critic. Co-host of Working (http://slate.com/working ). Next book = The Method: How the 20th Century Learned to Act (Bloomsbury, 2022)

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Joined February 2009

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    Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis Feb 21

    What a book you were assigned to read in high school English and fell in love with?

    3:42 PM - 21 Feb 2021
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      2. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis Feb 21

        (Yes I’m counterprogramming that dumb tweet)

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      3. Isaac Butler‏ @parabasis Feb 21

        Okay here are some of mine: Invisible Man Their Eyes Were Watching God Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Henry IV, part 1 Death and the King’s Horseman All Quiet on the Western Front Uh... the Bible, specifically the Book of Job.

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      2. Conor O’Sullivan‏ @conor610 Feb 21
        Replying to @parabasis

        Wuthering Heights. I had blown it off for weeks (senior slide baby!) and had a test on it on Monday, so I spent all day Sunday reading it in one sitting. It remains the most powerful and formative reading experience of my life.

        25 replies 7 retweets 731 likes
      3. Conor O’Sullivan‏ @conor610 Feb 21
        Replying to @conor610 @parabasis

        Oh and I became a high school English teacher...and have never managed to teach that damn book successfully.

        13 replies 0 retweets 382 likes
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      2. Talia Bracha Lavin‏Verified account @chick_in_kiev Feb 21
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        moby-dick changed my damn life

        24 replies 4 retweets 529 likes
      3. Anthony‏ @thewoahtrain Feb 21
        Replying to @chick_in_kiev @parabasis

        I've seen people complain that the book is too long (choosing to ignore the obvious joke). But I've only ever "read" by audiobook. And if you haven't read it like that, you might want to give it a try. It's an absolute pleasure to have that book read to you.

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      2. Matt Bauman‏Verified account @mattbaumanNYC Feb 21
        Replying to @parabasis

        Where the red fern grows. Bawled my eyes out with the teacher. Everyone thought I was nuts.

        10 replies 2 retweets 113 likes
      3. Sarah J‏ @Trisarahjtops Feb 22
        Replying to @mattbaumanNYC @parabasis

        I have a friend whose memory of being taught that book was everyone in the class crying *except* her, you guys got placed in the wrong universes!

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      1. Brennan Caldwell‏ @BrennanCaldwell Feb 21
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        BELOVED changed my whole conception of what was possible in literature. My copy is virtually unreadable because I underlined/starred/noted almost every sentence.

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      1. Roberta  🌴 🏄🏽‍♀️‏ @RobertaByTheSea Feb 21
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        To Kill a Mockingbird and I’ve read it many times since

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