NEA study proves a difficult read for the book world

By David Mehegan

Globe Staff / July 15, 2004

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The book world is still reeling with shock, puzzlement, and worry at last week's grim alarum from the National Endowment for the Arts about the decline of literary reading in America. In a survey of 17,000 adults, the NEA study, "Reading at Risk," found a 10-point drop over the last 20 years in the percentage of Americans who read novels, ... (Full Article: 886 Words)