Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile and Thurber Prize finalist
We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worl…
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