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The Joy of Reading

The Joy of Reading
In addition to being a pleasant pastime, reading expands our world and even improves brain function. Fei Meng
Jeff Minick
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Since World War II, pollsters and the American people have categorized generations using slang terms and dates. The Silent Generation, baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z, and now the latest addition, Generation Alpha, or Gen Alpha, are commonly used designations for those born within the same two decades or so.

In a related issue—we’ll soon make the connection—many believe that books will eventually become obsolete, replaced by electronic devices. Numerous studies report reading itself is in decline, with many people preferring visual media to print.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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