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I was interested to read Paul Matsuda’s recent entry,
\n"Read
\nEverything,"<\/a> because it gets at the challenge involved in scholarly niche and rhythm. He begins with this:<\/p>\n

One of the stock pieces of advice that I give gradaute students is to "read
\n everything." Of course it’s impossible to read everything that has ever been
\n written, but I do expect researchers to have read everything–literally
\n everything–on subtopics within the field on which they are writing. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This paradox is the<\/i> ongoing challenge, no? Read everything; to
\nread everything is impossible. Still, one must. But cannot.
\nEtc. The outlying factors bear down and raise related questions: write
\neverything? How much to read before writing? While writing? How much to
\nwrite while reading?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I developed a decent relationship with my FYC professor at Central Michigan
\n(where I studied for a year before transferring) and so listened in on many of
\nhis sage asides. For him, the maxim of read it all<\/i> shifted to memory and
\nattention and "read this<\/em>": "Be one on whom nothing is lost." I remember him reminding
\nus–fervently–that to feel intellectually small you need only to go to the
\nlibrary, look at one shelf on one floor of the library, and consider what you
\nmust do to understand it. Phew. Were we ever glad to have a reader.<\/p>\n

To my mind Matsuda’s stock advice is good for hearing, even if it can’t be
\nfully executed. In this sense, it turns into the performance of reading
\nall that one can possibly read and recognizing (while also not being put off by)
\nthe unavoidable limitation in such a commitment as that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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