When Reading Wanes, It’s Time To Worry

kylere writes “Interesting op-ed piece I found in the International Herald Tribune states, “One of the surprising findings of “Reading at Risk” was that literary readers are markedly more civically engaged than nonreaders.” I {author Gioia}find it a shame that it took a study to determine this fact.” The author of this article, Dana Gioia , is the Director of the National Endowment for the Arts, whose agency funded the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts.