I have been asked, ‘Why is it your letters to newspapers are sim… — “Interview with Marshall McLuhan,” The Mike (Student newspaper, St. Michael’s College), February 5, (1971), quoted in W.T. Gordon’s MM: Escape into Understanding, (1997), p 62

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I have been asked, ‘Why is it your letters to newspapers are simple and clear and your books are so difficult?’ In writing to newspapers, I am expounding my thoughts. In my books, I am not expounding or making exposition… I am an explorer, not an explainer. It never occurs to people that you might use the printed word for exploration.

“Interview with Marshall McLuhan,” The Mike (Student newspaper, St. Michael’s College), February 5, (1971), quoted in W.T. Gordon’s MM: Escape into Understanding, (1997), p 62

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Year: 1971

Chapter: McLuhan on McLuhan