ViewpointsOpinionAmericans Need to Read Better BooksSavePrintThe Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library. Will Steacey/NYC & CompanyNicole Russell12/26/2019|Updated: 12/26/2019CommentaryThe benefits of literacy to an educated culture should be obvious and are so important they can’t be overstated.Share this articleLeave a commentNicole RussellAuthorAuthor’s Selected ArticlesThe Stimulus Checks Probably Won’t Do MuchApr 19, 2020CCP Virus Puts Strange Spotlight on HomeschoolingApr 15, 2020CCP Virus Raises the Question: What Is Life Worth?Apr 10, 2020We Need to Reopen the Economy: When and How?Apr 03, 2020Related Topicseducationreadingliteraturebooksfiction