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Reading for Moral Self-improvement or Therapy Can Occasionally Feel a Little Grim, Camilla Nelson , single work essay
'This week’s Sydney Writers’ Festival not only celebrates the art of writing, but the art of reading. Of course, it is difficult not to worry that this might be because the art of reading – that is, deep, critical, transformative reading – has been so radically transformed in the age of big data and Internet skimming that – along with ink and paper – it might be considered to be endangered, too.' (Introduction)
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