Good Reading News
For the first time in more than 25 years, American adults are reading more literature, according to a survey by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEA survey has been conducted five times since 1982, and in 2008 there were 16.6 million more adult readers of literature. Nice to see big figures that have nothing to do with our economy.
This means slightly more than half of all American adults read literature (113 million) or books (119 million). I guess that could be the glass half empty or half full depending on your perspective. The largest increases are reported among young adults ages 18-24, and Hispanic Americans.
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I’m sharing this information with a colleague who was haranguing me the other day about people not reading especially teens. Hah!
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i like that the younger generation is picking up books. It makes me feel hopeful. I wonder if books seem retro cool to them or what?