{"id":28,"date":"2006-07-01T22:36:53","date_gmt":"2006-07-02T02:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=28"},"modified":"2006-07-01T22:36:53","modified_gmt":"2006-07-02T02:36:53","slug":"why-do-we-read-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Why Do We Read Literature?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a partial response to a suggestion from searider a few weeks ago, I ask you, a reader gracious (or perhaps unfortunate) enough to glance at this humble blog, why do you read literature? Why do you read good fiction as opposed to cheap or pulp fiction or non-fiction?<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s an answer from Proverbs 25:11-13.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A word fitly spoken<br \/>\nis like apples of gold in a setting of silver.<br \/>\nLike a gold ring or an ornament of gold<br \/>\nis a wise reprover to a listening ear.<br \/>\nLike the cold of snow in the time of harvest<br \/>\nis a faithful messenger to those who send him;<br \/>\nhe refreshes the soul of his masters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a partial response to a suggestion from searider a few weeks ago, I ask you, a reader gracious (or perhaps unfortunate) enough to glance at this humble blog, why do you read literature? Why do you read good fiction as opposed to cheap or pulp fiction or non-fiction? Here&#8217;s an answer from Proverbs 25:11-13. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=28\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Do We Read Literature?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[379],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading","tag-books"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}