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In this hour, Jason Merkoski talks with Jim Fleming about his book, Burning the Page: The Ebook Revolution and the Future of Reading.
Next, David Mikics talks with Anne Strainchamps about his book, Slow Reading in a Hurried Age.
Then, Billy Collins reads the poem, "Reader," from his new collection of poems, Aimless Love.
After that, Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin talk with Anne Strainchamps about their book, The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You.
Following that, Doug Dorst talks about S., the novel-within-another-novel that he wrote based on a concept by producer and director J.J. Abrams.
And finally, Tom Standage talks with Steve Paulson about his book, Writing on the Wall: Social Media -- The First 2,000 Years. [Broadcast Date: November 27, 2013]