companion text

is a text whose company, and whose ability to spark a moment of revelation or ability to share a feeling, enables a reader to proceed on a path less trodden.

A companion text could be thought of as a companion species, to borrow from Donna Haraway's (2003) suggestive formulation. A companion text is a text whose company enabled you to proceed on a path less trodden. Such texts might spark a moment of revelation in the midst of an overwhelming proximity... they might share a feel- ing or give you resources to make sense of something that had been beyond your grasp... companion texts can prompt you to hesitate or to question the direction in which you are going, or they might give you a sense that in going the way you are going, you are not alone. (16)

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companion text