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READING: Are We Forgetting How To Do It?

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Maryanne Wolf is a professor at UCLA and the renowned author of "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain" and "Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World." She says deep reading makes you a better thinker, communicator, and citizen. But what happens if you lose the ability to read slowly, patiently, and critically? Is there anything you can do to get it back? --- To hear hundreds of bestselling authors summarize their books in 15 minutes or less, download The Next Big Idea app!

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