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The Progress of Reading (2018) (bu.edu)
1 point by blueridge on April 17, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



These are some intense pieces. This guy digs deep. I've been looking for these kind of intimate perspectives on reading and writing.


You might also enjoy:

Sven Birkerts, The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age

Alan Jacobs, The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

Andrew Piper, Book Was There: Reading in Electronic Times

Robert Darnton, The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future

And another essay for you:

https://harpers.org/archive/2018/10/living-animals/




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