Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction in both its goodness and

in both its goodness and frailty

a collection of essays that reveal him to be one of our sharpest

and by a wonderfully clever plan of their own

A book to unlock imaginations of both children and adults

she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell

Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction in both its goodness andIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a