Meaghan Wilson Anastasios

Author of 'The Water Diviner,' now a film with Russell Crowe, and screenwriter of 'The Pacific with Sam Neill.'

Illustration representing the decline of reading and books and rise of screen time

From the Gutenberg press to TikTok, a historian’s take on declining literacy, shrinking attention spans, and what we stand to lose In the latest Atlantic, Rose Horowitch has called it. She’s just declared that “The Age of Reading Is Over.” Well, that’s a little fucking depressing. I wish I could say that it was the …

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The art of storytelling and why it’s not going to die anytime soon Once upon a time, there was a moment in human history when one of our ancient ancestors looked down at her or his hand and thought, “What the fuck am I? Where did I come from? What am I doing here? And, …

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