Many of my friends report that they do not read as much as they used to. Marianne Wolfe is a professor at UCLA and the author of several books, including Proust in the Squid. She says deep reading is critical to our capacity to sit with ideas,. digest them, work through them, and respond thoughtfully. Research suggests our collective ability to read slowly has already begun to deteriorate.
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?
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