Gwangju International Center

Co-Writers: Lee Jueun and Joey Nunez

Date: January 17, 2015

 

Lex Rain Spahr, who is an Assistant Professor at Gwangju Women’s University, introduced her favorite books found in the GIC Library, by providing reasons for her recommendations and sharing her thoughts with the GIC Talk audience on Saturday, January 17, 2015.

 

Among many kinds of non-fiction books, Lex loves to read books related to prisons, saying: “I love to read about the human spirit and how to survive.” Explaining her reasoning further, she also said: “I love to know how people can build communities in such terrible circumstances.” These thoughts from Lex come from two GIC Library Books that she highly recommends: Brother One Cell, written by Cullen Thomas and The Gulag Archipelago, written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

 

Lex also shared her heartaches with what is happening right now to North Koreans and the prison camps where many citizens live out their lives, without experiencing any glimpse of freedom. “They are five hours away from us, it’s still continuing.” She felt this way after reading Escape from Camp 14, written by Blaine Harden about a North Korean’s survival story. She described the circumstances people still face in North Korea, saying, “As I feel the cold in my hands, I’m thinking about these people. They are still there.”

 

When talking about books, Lex shared that E-books, audio books and real books all educate, showing that it never hurts anyone to learn more in life about any subject.

 

Lastly, the most impressive quote that Lex shared was: “I rely on libraries, wherever I go to live. The library is my second home.”

 

After watching this GIC Talk video, we welcome you to visit the GIC and check out one to five of Lex’s recommendations for enjoyable reading.

 

 

 

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