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Writer argues the age of reading has ended

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Writer argues the age of reading has ended.

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Gambling is now a more popular leisure activity than reading and emerging tech has worsened diminishing attention spans, writer Rose Horowitch notes in her August cover story for The Atlantic.

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As less Americans read books and overall literacy declines, Horowitch says that a historic and unique era of reading has come to a close.

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