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• I think there is a parallel here to both singing, and playing, music…. I’m reminded of the Jeff Buckley quote “There is no good singing, there is only present and absent.” — Jeff Buckley Thanks, David, for another home run !

  September 12, 2024 at 1:06 amRocky

• Excellent article. Thank you. Reading aloud used to be a lot more common until about a hundred years ago, when the advent of cheap paperbacks from the likes of Penguin allowed ordinary people to be able to buy and read their own books. My grandparents (who kids in the 1900s...

  September 11, 2024 at 11:50 pmChandon

• I understand about the challenge of reading classic fiction - I once surprised myself by finishing Middlemarch. But I worked in the audiobook industry for 30 years, so can't help comparing my own reading out loud to all of the excellent voice talent there. Luckily my internal voice is fairly nuanced. I...

  September 11, 2024 at 9:09 pmChris

• This is one reason why having kids is so awesome! You get to read to them *aloud* every night before in bed. You get to make silly voices in nursery rhymes or your best pirate accent when reading "Treasure Island". I miss those days. But I'm...

  September 11, 2024 at 6:54 pmJoel Seely

• Reading aloud definitely increases the absorption factor. I think the internet has us tuned for quick skimming-mode, and reading aloud is one way to force a different mode. Manual override!

  September 11, 2024 at 5:38 pmDavid Cain