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Community Reading and Social Imagination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Michael Bérubé ,
Hester Blum ,
Christopher Castiglia  and
Julia Spicher Kasdorf
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As Members of the Penn State English Department, We Share Our Institution's Commitment to Bridging the Gap Between town and gown. As writers and teachers, we believe that reading is a powerful vehicle for community building, for democratic deliberation, and for imaginative reinvention of seeming inevitabilities. As friends who enjoy discussing ideas with one another, we believe that collaboration can allow for both individual voice and shared vision, can offer mutual instruction and delight. In our various ways, we have committed ourselves to reading and writing beyond the boundaries of the university. In this brief essay, we hope to share our experiences of community building, creativity, and democratic negotiation with readers of PMLA.

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Theories and Methodologies
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PMLA , Volume 125 , Issue 2 , March 2010 , pp. 418 - 425
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2010

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