I recently read Rose Horowitch’s The Atlantic essay, “The Age of Reading Is Over,” and found myself agreeing with much of it. As a teacher, a parent, and someone who genuinely loves reading, I found this article to be of great personal interest. And yet, I came away less worried than she seems to be. I am a history teacher, and I tend to look at questions like this over a much longer timescale. From a historical perspective, the remarkable thing may not be that we are enterin

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