Why do we read?
What makes us pick up that book, click on that news story, open that email or tap that Twitter alert? What's in it for us?
What makes us pick up that book, click on that news story, open that email or tap that Twitter alert? What's in it for us?
North Myrtle Beach is not an upscale vacation destination, and there's not a bookstore in sight. But it pushes back against rumors of the death of reading.
I only wanted to find out when we started reading. But as I pursued this across 5000 years of Western history, I found that there was a more compelling story than just the when and the whom.