WhiteRabbitReview

Mariam Nooristani Cloud Cuckoo Land 🔗 Let us begin with something easily forgotten when reading, trust. There are unconscious gestures at play when we decide to read something new. For instance, picking up a book is an act of openness and discovery. Purchasing the book means financial commitment. Setting aside time to read is a time commitment. Yet the grandest gesture the reader can bestow an author or book is trust. Authors invite us into their narratives and ask us to trust them to tell a complete story. Sometimes to trust the author we have to understand the purpose of the narrative. At the annual Writers Symposium by the Sea…