I also want to learn what literature can teach me. So: I read it. It's designed for that. Literary critics can also be very enlightening. But, by a strange coi

I also want to learn what literature can teach me. So: I read it. It's designed for that. Literary critics can also be very enlightening. But, by a strange coincidence, most of their work is written down, and often collected by libraries and websites. To admire their ideas is just a matter of time and coffee. If I were inclined I could even try to write some literature, and thereby connect with the noble tradition – one which dominates the canon and is far older than university literature programs – of "learning to write by practicing reading, writing, and publishing stuff instead of by jumping through expensive hoops to get a formal degree." It is true that economics aren't everything. But when the fifty thousand dollars in student loans comes due one begins to realize that they are something.