Category: a. Literature

Losing Our Words: The Decline of Reading and the Rise of Reels

📖 By Alistair Chalmers There’s a quiet crisis happening in our world today. It’s not new, but it’s growing—and it’s changing how we think, how we feel, and how we follow Jesus. It’s the slow decline of reading. Fewer and fewer people are reading books, especially people in the younger generations. Attention spans are shrinking.… Read More Losing Our Words: The Decline of Reading and the Rise of Reels

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When the review is likely worth the interest —and the novel not so much

Sontag and Vidal. First published in 1967, Death Kit –Susan Sontag’s second novel– is an example of modern fiction. Blending realism and dream, it offers a passionate exploration of the recesses of the American conscience. — Goodreads. “The recesses of the American conscience.” Now that tells me a lot! I will not reveal the plot so… Read More When the review is likely worth the interest —and the novel not so much

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