I wrote this as part of an assignment, a much longer assignment. In case you didn't know, well now you do. Enjoy!
I am a
librarian. As a result people expect
that I am very well read and enjoy reading classics in my off time. The true is often disappointing to people. I only read classics as required by courses
and I enjoy chick-lit. I enjoy a lot of
chick-lit. When I saw the novel
requirement for the poetics of leadership assignment, I knew I would no longer
be able to hide my passion for reading the equivalent of trash. Unlike my co-hort members, I could not turn
to the respectable works of Shakespeare, Bronte, or Hemingway. I have no intimate knowledge of the words of
Fitzgerald or Austen.
As a scholar-practitioner, I
have to forgive my lack of passion for the classics and embrace my love of
chick-lit. In loving my chick-lit loving
soul, I realize there are probably more people like me, who are not well read
and struggle to answer questions like what is your favorite William Faulkner
book? Not being well read is not the
sign of a frivolous mind but of a person who faces life all day so prefers to
escape into fiction.
The result of the merging of
my chick-lit loving soul and my scholar-practitioner metaphor is The
Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella.
Kinsella is known for her book series Shopaholic and I imagine
she is not well known among those whom prefer Machiavelli with their tea. For me, Kinsella's work is the highest form
of escapist reading. I am transported to
London, where most of her books take place, and I live the life of women trying
to find love and balance.
Anyway that is the introduction to the novel section of my Poetics of Leadership assignment. If you feel like watching the final product here is the link. Like I stated earlier this is part of much larger assignment.
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