tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248118918464352617.post4851459368338419646..comments2010-08-21T21:09:18.773-07:00Comments on Raising Bookworms: Reading on the Rise?Emma Walton Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15069369581232790847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248118918464352617.post-55479859461658299812009-03-23T18:05:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:05:00.000-07:00Yes, most Americans would probably cite employment...Yes, most Americans would probably cite employment, housing, the environment and peace in the Middle East as top presidential priorities, and some might say cars are more integral to our culture than great novelists. But we can't even get close to solving those problems if we don't value reading and books. A sustainable American culture of ideas and expression is, after all, what we are trying to save in the first place.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I respectfully want to go a step further from Sara Nelson's post and say a "World of Culture of Idea's" is what all of us want to save. There is more to literature then what is produced in the US and I do hope we read all of what is availed to us, from Canada, Britain and beyond.Christine Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058419743726981987noreply@blogger.com