The Science of Reading by Adrian Johns
/A new book studies what we’re actually doing when we’re reading.
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A new book studies what we’re actually doing when we’re reading.
Read MoreThe index at the back of the books you read has a fascinating history, as this terrific new book details.
Read MoreA surprisingly stirring description of reading as a means of self-claiming.
Read MoreA critic and journalist considers how a lifetime of experience has opened her eyes to new meanings in old books.
Read MoreA new book examines the worth - and even the possibility - of taking pleasure from an intellectual life.
Read MoreThe panic that arose across the country as the incredible reality of a Trump presidency began to sink in hit the book world with particular force. In his temperament, style and values, the new president seems almost purpose-built to oppose everything Barack Obama has stood for and accomplished. (The only things they appear to have in common are a love of golf and an on again-off again friendship with Hillary Clinton.) In few aspects is the gulf wider than in their respective attitudes to reading.
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