i'm a huge dellan fana. I loves music. A, it can make me cry. It givs me goose bumps. And he's great. But my first thought on that award and thinking about intigrating with wht you just said, is that noser's lyrics bear close reading. They have an impact which is special and different because it's tied to music. You know, many of his songs bear rich and deep analysis. If he really wanted to come to an understanding of his role in american society and why people talk about him for the nobelt prize, you would probably need to be able to unpack some of his ansome of his lines
Doug Lemov of Uncommon School and co-author of Reading Reconsidered talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about reading. Lemov makes the case for the educational importance of critical reading of challenging books and texts. Along the way, he gives listeners some ideas of how to read themselves and gives parents some ideas for how to educate their children.