"Your essay eloquently captures the irreplaceable value of long-form reading in a digital age. The tactile pleasure of books and the mental stimulation they offer are experiences we must cherish and preserve. Let's not lose these treasures to the fast pace of modern life."
I’m appalled when supposedly otherwise intelligent people tell me - and this has happened more often than you’d think- that they haven’t read a book since graduating university (as long as a decade ago!) and they’re proud of it, as if it is an accomplishment.
Anyway, as Anthony Powell put it, “books do furnish a room.”
Great article. I recently reviewed Why We Read edited by Josephine Greywoode--a collection of essays by prominent authors on why they read non-fiction. It may be of interest/inspiration: https://substack.com/@callumscolumn/p-170077913
"Your essay eloquently captures the irreplaceable value of long-form reading in a digital age. The tactile pleasure of books and the mental stimulation they offer are experiences we must cherish and preserve. Let's not lose these treasures to the fast pace of modern life."
I’m appalled when supposedly otherwise intelligent people tell me - and this has happened more often than you’d think- that they haven’t read a book since graduating university (as long as a decade ago!) and they’re proud of it, as if it is an accomplishment.
Anyway, as Anthony Powell put it, “books do furnish a room.”
Great article. I recently reviewed Why We Read edited by Josephine Greywoode--a collection of essays by prominent authors on why they read non-fiction. It may be of interest/inspiration: https://substack.com/@callumscolumn/p-170077913
The zoom story is dead true.
Wow. Just wow. Stranger than fiction.