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Literacy

The Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

by Will Self,

Death and satire

A civil tongue

by Janine di Giovanni,

South Sudan tries to learn English

Staying Awake

by Ursula K. Le Guin,

Notes on the alleged decline of reading

Illiteracy campaign

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

by W.T. Harris,

In praise of illiteracy

by Michael Lipson,

Readings

Drawn by P.S. Mueller,

In praise of illiteracy

by Michael Lipson,

The future of reading

by George Steiner,

On risk, ignorance, and oil

by Harper’s Staff,

Notes from a journal

Literacy returns

by Jeffrey Burke,

The killer spelling bee meets the conqueror bookworm

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