Close Reading of Where I Come From Front & Back Matter

If you haven’t yet watched the video, Read Like a Writer, I’d encourage you to do so.

We’re going to practice close reading of the front and back matter of Where I Come From by Rick Bragg.

The front matter of a book consists of all pages before the first numbered page, and similarly, the back matter includes all pages after the last numbered page.

Let’s see what questions we can formulate.

In this video:

00:00:42 - Scan reviews for words that stand out

00:04:22 - Bragg bio

00:05:32 - Also-by-the-author page

00:05:53 - Half-tile page

00:06:13 - Full title page

00:06:35 - Review of copyright page

00:07:35 - Dedication

00:07:54 - Contents page

00:08:54 - A second half-title page

00:09:07 - Prologue

00:09:50 - Acknowledgments page after epilogue

00:10:58 - Attributions page

00:11:50 - Books by Rick Bragg

00:12:17 - Bragg's latest book, "The Speckled Beauty"

00:12:33 - Encouragement to flip through book

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