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Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 1702
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 08:11 am: | 
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Literary reading on the rise for first time in history of Arts Endowment survey
January 12, 2009
Washington, D.C. -- For the first time in more than 25 years, American adults are reading more literature, according to a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts. Reading on the Rise documents a definitive increase in rates and numbers of American adults who read literature, with the biggest increases among young adults, ages 18-24. This new growth reverses two decades of downward trends cited previously in NEA reports such as Reading at Risk and To Read or Not To Read.
Download the entire paper at http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/ReadingonRise.html |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7816
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 10:06 am: |
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Considering last year thta the majority of adult Americans didn't read even ONE book--so if a number of them looked at even ONE book you had a 100% increase-- I got to say these results are encouraging but not much.
I'd like to see a greater breakdown of what they read, when they read it, whether they read it all the way through. |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 1713
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 11:09 am: |
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I was kinda surprised no one commented on this before now...
Chris two things struck me:
1- If more Americans in absolute terms are reading; this should bode well fir the future of book sales
2 - Poetry is in serious trouble |
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