Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading

@article{citeulike:2363155, author = {Le Guin, Ursula K. }, citeulike-article-id = {2363155}, comment = {Abstract (Summary) In 2004 a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) survey revealed that 43\% of Americans polled hadn't read a book all year, and last Nov 2007, in its report "To Read or Not to Read," the NEA lamented the decline of reading, warning that non-readers do less well in the job market and are less useful citizens in general. Here, Le Guin elaborates this alleged decline of reading and stresses that this report leads to the notion that books are threatened species already. Among other things, she encourages corporations to wake up and realize that publishing is not a normal business with a nice healthy relationship to capitalism. }, journal = {Harper's}, keywords = {publishing, reading}, month = {February}, pages = {33--38}, posted-at = {2008-02-11 15:45:39}, priority = {3}, title = {Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading}, url = {http://proquest.umi.com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/pqdlink?index=8\&\#38;did=1425858441\&\#38;SrchMode=3\&\#38;sid=1\&\#38;Fmt=2\&\#38;VInst=PROD\&\#38;VType=PQD\&\#38;RQT=309\&\#38;VName=PQD\&\#38;TS=1202744587\&\#38;clientId=3739\&\#38;aid=1}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2363155 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2363155 TI - Staying Awake: Notes on the Alleged Decline of Reading JF - Harper's SP - 33 EP - 38 KW - publishing KW - reading N1 - Abstract (Summary) In 2004 a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) survey revealed that 43% of Americans polled hadn't read a book all year, and last Nov 2007, in its report "To Read or Not to Read," the NEA lamented the decline of reading, warning that non-readers do less well in the job market and are less useful citizens in general. Here, Le Guin elaborates this alleged decline of reading and stresses that this report leads to the notion that books are threatened species already. Among other things, she encourages corporations to wake up and realize that publishing is not a normal business with a nice healthy relationship to capitalism. AU - Le Guin, Ursula PY - 2008/02// UR - http://proquest.umi.com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/pqdlink?index=8&did=1425858441&SrchMode=3&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1202744587&clientId=3739&aid=1 ER -