{"id":9847,"date":"2019-04-20T01:01:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T08:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2019-05-19T01:05:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T08:05:43","slug":"books-are-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/20\/books-are-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Books Are Alive!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from TIME<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop Saying Books Are Dead. They\u2019re More Alive Than Ever<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

BY\u00a0<\/strong>LISA LUCAS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\/ David Steinberger and Lisa Lucas \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lisa Lucas is the executive director of the National Book Foundation, the presenter of the National Book Awards and a non-profit that celebrates the best literature in America, expands its audience, and ensures that books have a prominent place in American culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe book is dead,\u201d is a refrain I hear constantly. I\u2019ll run into people on the subway, in a taxi, in an airport, or wherever I might be and when I tell them what I do, they ask me \u201cdo people even still read anymore?\u201d This simple question implies the very work I do at the National Book Foundation may not be worthwhile\u2014or even possible. It\u2019s generally a casual statement, a throwaway remark, a comment repeated so often that it\u2019s taken as fact. The book is\u00a0obviously<\/em>\u00a0dead, or at least dying, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

False. When people tell me that fighting for books is fighting a futile battle, that\u2019s the moment my optimism kicks in. That\u2019s the moment I power up my very deepest belief in literature. A person who wants to challenge or lament the death of reading with me is a person looking for a fight and, I think,<\/em>\u00a0a person who wants to be convinced otherwise. This gives me hope. I\u2019m here for this fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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