![]() You can stream it below, or download it at. Today, I am married to a woman named Alice.”īelow, we’ve included Doctorow’s loving rendition of one of his most beloved books, which he dedicates to “his Alice.” Being a staunch opponent of copyright laws that so often stifle innovation, Doctorow has made the recording, which took place in his office, available for free. I spent the entire day back there, reading. My teacher was Bev Pannikkar, who had the amazing empathy and good sense to let me be after I hunkered down behind the low bookshelf and started reading. ![]() “In 1978, I walked into my Crestview Public School grade two classroom in Willowdale, a suburb of Toronto, and, on the spur of the moment, took Alice in Wonderland off the shelf. ![]() Doctorow, now a prominent author, journalist, and technology activist, first came across Carroll’s tale of a young girl who falls down a rabbit hole in 1978: For BoingBoing’s Cory Doctorow, that book was Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. No surprise: it’s easiest to be completely blown away by a work of art or literature when you approach it without any pre-existing expectations. Many of us came across our favorite book serendipitously.
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