A viral essay declares the end of reading is here. But there’s no end to its pleasures
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OPINION
A viral essay declares the end of reading is here. But there’s no end to its pleasures
MARSHA LEDERMAN
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
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If the act of reading is nearing its end, people like these in London's Greenwich Park in May did not get the memo.
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