“Reading always seems to be in crisis. Two and half millennia ago, Socrates inveighed against the written word because it undermined memory and confused data with wisdom.”

The intellectual center of the world used to be a Parisian apartment.

A brief history of reading as sacramental activity.

Enjoying Call of Duty on your Playstation? Thank Dungeons & Dragons.

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