***** Reading Is a Vice

“When literature was considered transgressive, moralists couldn’t get people to stop buying and reading dangerous books,” Adam Kirsch writes. “Now that books are considered virtuous and edifying, moralists can’t persuade anyone to pick one up”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/reading-crisis-solution-literature-personal-passion/685461/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYep_7tulDYjgSrvWQKV_7G0&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social