Not only is she a noted author of several books of young adult fiction and essays in children’s non-fiction, she also happens to have worked on study guides, newsletters and various other varieties of writing. “There is also something mysterious about writing, I mean there is something about it that I can’t name. I know it, at times it feels as though it involves the soul,” states Bolden. A personal thingGiven the indispensable nature of reading, Bolden has also come to realise intricacies of the act-of-reading itself. “If I look at my body of work, I guess (she takes a brief pause), I have been teaching always through my work,” Bolden near broods this as she speaks.

Source: The Hindu December 01, 2017 07:39 UTC