Coffee Table Book-ish w. Lorena Austin
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Is There a Difference Between Reading and Writing?
"I get currency from like, I think being able to use it as a shorthand of people to be like, Oh, she's smart," the author says. "Just because I didn't go to this fancy school doesn't mean that I'm not smart." Book talk isn't necessarily just an exercise in vanity, he writes. It's a curated accessory designed to have people see you a certain way.
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