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Reading at risk

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A population that doesn't read is divorced from its cultural heritage and cut off from civic affairs. Reading is the prerequisite for access to the world at large, to the historical past and the political present. That so many young people are opting out of an activity so essential to personal growth is a troubling trend that must be the result of deep and complex changes in contemporary society.

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