Reading As An Active Sport (No Really)

“The main contention of What We Talk About When We Talk About Books– that reading print can be a sociable, active, and even seditiousactivity – is so sensible that it seems incredible that this long-form,evidence-based case hasn’t been made before. Why does it matter? Perhapsnot only because we should think about whether our fantasies about theprinted word are true, but also because we should ask why theseparticular fantasies have become so dominant.”– Times